Individual Details

Robert Phipps Hornby M. C.

(9 Jun 1876 - 25 Nov 1932)

Educated at Eton and New Coll., Oxford. Accompanied Daniel Meinertzhagen, Esq., on a bird-nesting and fishing expedition to Lapland, 1897, (see "Bird Life in an Arctic Spring", published by Country Life, 1899). Served in Boer War, 1899-1902, with Imperial Yeomanry (Padget's Corps). Served in Great War, and was awarded M.C., 1915. Practrices as a Solicitor.

Events

Birth9 Jun 1876
Marriage20 Dec 1902Mary Ernestine Taylor
Death25 Nov 1932

Families

SpouseMary Ernestine Taylor (1879 - 1965)
ChildJohn Phipps Hornby (1903 - )
FatherRev. James John Hornby C. V. O. D. D. D. C. L. (1826 - 1909)
MotherAugusta Eliza Evans (1839 - 1891)
SiblingJames John Hornby (1871 - 1895)
SiblingMary Hornby (1873 - 1935)
SiblingEva Augusta Hornby (1874 - 1952)
SiblingRev. William Hornby M. A. (1878 - 1964)