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HORNE, SIR (WILLIAM) EDGAR, BART., eldest son of Edgar Horne, Russell Square, London, auctioneer and surveyor, and his first wife Maria, widow of Thomas Eversfield, Westminster; b. 21 Jan 1856; adm. 23 Sep 1869 (James'); left Whitsun 1872; entered father’s office and on father’s retirement became head of firm; FSI 1882, President 1911; Chairman, United Parishes of St. Margaret and St. John, Westminster, in last year of their existence; member, Westminster City Council, Mayor 1923-4, Alderman from 1925; MP (Cons) Guildford Jan 1910-22; chairman, Prudential Assurance Co.; created baronet 25 Mar 1929; DL Sutherlandshire; a Governor of the School from 1913; a Busby Trustee from 1925; m. 7 Oct 1886 Margery, dau. of George Anderson May, Elford, Staffs.; d. 26 Sep 1941.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.