Individual Details
(19 Aug 1810 - 5 Dec 1892)
Barrister-at-Law, one-time M.P. for Blackburn. Elected M.P. for Blackburn (as one of two members), by a majority of one vote, 1 July, 1841. (The other Member for Blackburn returned to Parliament at this Election was Mr. Hornby's sister-in-law's father, William Fielden, Esq. - see Mrs. Robert Hornby - to whom a number of votes was transferred at Mr. Hornby's request). Mr. Wm. Turner, who lost the seat, petitioned for a scrutiny, and the petition was tried in London by a Committee of the House of Commons in April, 1842. Mr. Hornby's election was confirmed. He was re-elected at the Gen. Election of July, 1847, and sat until the dissolution in July, 1852, when he was defeated. Lived latterly in London.
Events
| Birth | 19 Aug 1810 | Blackburn, Lancashire, England | | | |
| Marriage | 19 Dec 1844 | Margaret Bird | | | |
| Death | 5 Dec 1892 | Of London, England | | | |
| Burial | Aft 5 Dec 1892 | Of Umtata, South Africa. | | | |
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