Edgar Horne

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Horne in 1910

Sir William Edgar Horne, 1st Baronet (21 January 1856 – 26 September 1941)

Prudential Assurance Company
from 1928 to 1941.

Family

Horne was the son of Edgar Horne (1820–1905) of

Prudential Assurance Company for many years,[2] and his estate was valued on his death at £565,407.[3]

He was married in 1886 to Margery May (died 1939), the daughter of Mr. G. A. May of Elford in Staffordshire. They had two sons (twins, Alan Edgar and W. Guy, born in 1889) and a daughter.[4]

Career

Edgar Horne was educated at Westminster School,[5] before entering his father's firm of auctioneers and surveyors, Messrs Horne and Company,[5] which was based in the City of London.[2] He was consulting surveyor on the widening of Whitehall,[6] ran the firm even before his father's death, and subsequently became a director of Prudential from about 1904 and deputy chairman in 1917,[7] then chairman from 1928 until his death in 1941.[6] He was a member of the council of the British Overseas Bank,[8] president of the Surveyor's Institution (1911), and vice-president of the National Service League. He was also chairman of the Guildford and West Surrey Agricultural Association, a governor of Westminster Hospital[6] and of his alma mater, Westminster School[9] He was a generous benefactor to the school, donating to it the building of No. 17 Dean's yard, and was involved in the establishment of the Old Westminsters association for former pupils of the school.[10]

He entered local government, becoming chairman of the united vestries of St Margarets and St Johns, Westminster, and then served as a member of Westminster Borough Council,[5] where he was Mayor in 1924.[11]

At the

Coalition Unionist.[16] He stood from the House of Commons at the 1922 general election.[16]

In the

King George V, it was announced that Horne was to be made a Baronet "for public and political services".[17] The title was conferred on 30 March, with a territorial designation of "Shackleford, in the County of Surrey".[18]

Horne owned a sporting estate at

Aldro,[25] which bought the freehold after his death, and the rest of the land was sold separately.[24]

He died on 26 September 1941, aged 85.[6]

References

  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "G" (part 2)
  2. ^ a b c "Obituary: Mr. Edgar Horne". The Times. London. 20 December 1905. p. 9.
  3. ^ "Two Large Estates". The Times. London. 23 February 1912. p. 11.
  4. ^ "Lady Horne". The Times. London. 20 March 1939. p. 16.
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  6. ^ a b c d e "Obituary: Sir Edgar Horne". The Times. London. 29 September 1941. p. 8.
  7. ^ "Prudential Directorship Changes". The Times. London. 23 March 1917. p. 13.
  8. ^ "The British Overseas Bank, Limited (advertisement)". The Times. London. 18 December 1920. p. 19.
  9. ^ "Court Circular". The Times. London. 4 August 1913. p. 9.
  10. ^ Lord Greene (1 October 1941). "Sir Edgar Horne: an appreciation". The Times. London. p. 7.
  11. ^ "Westminster City Council Dinner". The Times. London. 1 February 1924. p. 7.
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  13. ^ "No. 28338". The London Gazette. 11 February 1910. p. 1036.
  14. ^ "No. 28449". The London Gazette. 23 December 1910. p. 9556.
  15. ^ Craig, British parliamentary election results 1885–1918, page 398
  16. ^
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  17. ^ "The New Year Honours". The Times. London. 1 March 1929. p. 8.
  18. ^ "No. 33482". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 April 1929. p. 2235.
  19. ^ "The Estate Market: Brighton Sites, A Surrey Village". The Times. London. 7 June 1939. p. 8.
  20. ^ "Property: Hampton & Sons (advertisement)". The Times. London. 6 June 1939. p. 28.
  21. ^ "The Estate Market Eight Square Miles Near Ely, A Surrey Seat". The Times. London. 2 August 1939. p. 17.
  22. ^ "The Estate Market A Bedfordshire Property". The Times. London. 7 May 1940. p. 8.
  23. ^ "The Estate Market Model Farm in Surrey". The Times. London. 1 August 1940. p. 6.
  24. ^ a b "The Estate Market Sir Edgar Horne's Seat Sold". The Times. London. 11 July 1942. p. 2.
  25. ^ "Fascination of Water Mills As Private Residences". The Times. London. 18 May 1964. p. 10.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
William Henry Cowan
 Member of Parliament for Guildford
January 1910 – 1922 		Succeeded by
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
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