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Holmes, Robert Edward Ingram, son of J. W. Holmes, of Wallington, Surrey; b. Dec. 7, 1898; adm. Jan. 18, 1912 (G); left April 1917; 2nd Lieut. 5th (Res.) Batt. Grenadier Guards; Ch. Ch. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1919; B.A. 1922; silver medallist, R. Academy of Drama­tic Art; an actor; frequently appeared on the London stage and was a regular member of the Repertory Players; 2nd Lieut. R. A. Sept. 21, 1939; d. of wounds July 10, 1945.

Robert Edward Ingram Holmes was born at Wallington, Surrey on the 7th of December 1898 the second son of James Wallace Holmes, an East India merchant, and Edith Mary Annie (nee Ingram) Holmes of “Cotleigh”, 5, Stanley Park Road, Wallington in Surrey. He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Grant’s from the 18th of January 1912 to April 1917. He was appointed as Monitor in January 1917.
He was commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the 5th (Reserve) Battalion, Grenadier Guards during the Great War and served overseas. He matriculated for Christ Church, Oxford in 1919 and graduated with a BA in 1922. He attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts, where he won a Silver Medal, and became an actor with frequent appearances on the London stage as well as being a regular member of the Repertory Players. He played Laertes in the modern dress version of Hamlet at the Kingsway Theatre, London in 1925. He appeared in the film drama “The Rosary”, directed by Guy Newall in 1931, in the part of Concannon in the comedy film “Hyde Park Corner”, directed by Sinclair Hill in 1935 and in the part of d’Allery in the comedy film “The Gay Adventure” also directed by Sinclair Hill in 1936.
Following the outbreak of war he enlisted in the Royal Artillery and rose to the rank of Lance Bombardier before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant on the 21st of September 1939. He was dismissed from the army on the 16th of December 1942 following a Court Martial.
He died at “'Houghton”, Petworth Road, Wormley, Godalming, Surrey
His death is not recorded by the Commonwealth War Graves Commission as he was no longer in the army at the time of his death.

Hopwood, Sir Francis John, 3rd Baron Southborough, son of Francis, 1st Baron Southborough, P.C., G.C.B., G.C.M.G., G.C.V.O., K.C.S.I., by his second wife, Florence Emily, daughter of Lieut.-Gen. Samuel Black, C.S.I., C.I.E.; b. March 7, 1897; adm. Sept. 22, 1910 (G); left Dec. 1914; served in Great War I; temp. Sub-Lieut. R.N.V.R. June 14, 1915; managing director, Shell Transport and Trading Co., Ltd.; knighted 1953; a Governor of the School 1957; succeeded his half-brother as 3rd Baron Southborough 1960; m. Nov. 23, 1918, Audrey Evelyn Dorothy, daughter of Edgar George Money; d. 4 Feb. 1978.

Horne, Edward William Theobald, son of Edward Rowley Horne of Eastbourne and Mary Ethel, d. of John Wilson Theobald of Croydon; b. 24 May 1905; adm. Apr. 1920 (H), later (G); left Mar. 1922; RASC 1939-45 (Lieut.-Col.); a tea planter in Ceylon and Mauritius; m. 10 Dec. 1955 Maxine Lillian, d. of James Shelley of Perth, W. Australia; d. 12 Aug. 1982.

HORNE, ROBERT WINTLE, son of Thomas Horne (adm. 1784, qv); b. 7 Aug 1810; adm. 12 Jan 1824 (G); Cadet, EICS Bombay 1827; Ensign, 8th Bombay Native Infantry 3 Jan 1828; Lieut., 25 Jun 1832; Brevet Capt., 3 Jan 1843; ret. 24 Jan 1843; went to live in South Africa and latterly in Tasmania; living 1851; m. 21 Aug 1840 Maria, second dau. of Rev. Roger Bickerstaff, Vicar of St. Martin’s, Shropshire.

Hornor, George Edward, son of Allan Moline Hornor, of Hampstead; b. March 5, 1876; adm. May 10, 1888 (G); left July 1894.

Hornsby, Anthony Charles, brother of Frederick David Hornsby (qv); b. 21 Feb. 1934; adm. Sept. 1947 (G); left July 1952; navigating officer RAF 1952-6; sales man. Blundell Spence & Co. 1957-, chief exec. Blundell Permaglaze Holdings Plc 1979-85; a bus. consult. 1986-99; m. 21 May 1960 Jane Ellen, d. of Herbert Edmund Davis, co. dir., of Kingston Hill, Surrey; d. 26 Nov. 2006.

Hornsby, Frederick Noel, son of Major Frederick Myddleton Hornsby, C.B.E. of West­minster, by Ann, daughter of Charles Johnson, of Wanstead, Essex; b. Dec. 27, 1903; adm. Jan. 20, 1916 (G); left Dec. 1921; chairman and managing director, Myddleton Hotels and Estates Ltd.; Lieut. R.A.S.C. Aug. 26, 1940; transferred to General List April 19, 1941; Staff Capt., War Office; m. May 21, 1931, Enid Mary, only daughter of A.W. Barnett Roberts, of Wandsworth.

Hornsby, Jack Myddleton, brother of Frederick Noel Hornsby (qv); b. 10 May 1905; adm. Sept. 1919 (G); left July 1923; Peterhouse Camb., matric. 1923; RASC 1939-45 (Capt.); dir. Myddleton Hotels & Estates Ltd; m. 25 May 1939 Beryl, d. of Leonard Hodges; d. 28 Mar. 1975.

HORSLEY, SAMUEL, only son of Heneage Horsley (qv); b. 16 Aug 1810; adm. 22 Feb 1822 (G); left Christmas 1824; Balliol Coll. Oxford, matr. 31 Mar 1829; BA 1833; MA 1837; an Inspector under Irish Poor Law Board; d. 21 May 1889.

HORTON, CHRISTOPHER, brother of Walter Buswell Horton (qv); bapt. Croxall, Derbs. 28 Jul 1741 (IGI); adm. (aged 9) Sep 1750 (Grant's); in school list 1754; of Catton Hall, Derbs.; m. 4 Aug 1765 Lady Anne Luttrell (who subsequently m. HRH Prince Henry Frederick, Duke of Cumberland), sister of Henry Lawes Luttrell, 2nd Earl of Carhampton (I) (qv); buried Croxall, Derbs. 13 Aug 1769.