Individual Details

Rt. Rev. Hugh Leycester Hornby M. C. M. A.

(20 Nov 1888 - 24 Mar 1965)

"Vicar of St. Michael's-on-Wyre, and subsequently Rector of Bury and Bishop Suffragan of Hulme, later of Grabbist House, Dunster, Somerset. Educated at Rugby and Balliol Coll., Oxford, (B.A., 1911; M.A., 1919). One-time Curate of St. Annes-on-Sea, Lancs. 2nd. Lieut., 5th Battn., K.O.R. Lancaster Regt., T.A., 19lO. Temporary Chaplain to the Forces during Great War, 1914-19. Awarded M.C., 1916. Hon. Chaplain to the Forces, 1919. Succeeded his father as Vicar Of St. Michael's-on-Wyre, 1919. Resigned the Living, 1930. Rector of Bury, Lancs., 1930-53. Rural Dean of Bury, 1934-45. Hon. Canon of Manchester Cathedral, 1957-45. Proctor in Convocation, first in Blackburn Diocese, and (1934-45) in Manchester Diocese, Member, Church Assembly, 1933-45. One-time Chairman, Manchester Diocesan Church Building Cttee. Chairman of Governors, Bury Grammar School, 1930-53. One-time Chmn, of Governors, Church Central School, Bury. One-time Deputy Chmn., Governing Bodies' Assocn. for Public Schools. A feoffee of Chethams Hospital. One-time Chmn., Hulme Charity, and President, Bury Lads Club. Hon. Chaplain, Lancashire Fusiliers, 1951, Appointed Bishop Suffragan of Hulme, 1945, Succeeded his uncle, Hugh Phipps Hornby, Esq., (q.v)., as Joint-Patron of the living of St, Michael's-on-Wyre with his younger brother, Edward Windham Hornby, Esq,, (q.v.)., 1944. Also succeeded his uncle to the Heywood estate, which was later sold. Retired to Somerset, 1953.""

Events

Birth20 Nov 1888Saint Michael's-On-Wyre, Preston, Lancashire, England
Marriage4 Jan 1921Byfleet, Surrey, England - Katharine Rebecca May
Death24 Mar 1965Dunster, Somerset, England

Families

SpouseKatharine Rebecca May (1894 - 1979)
ChildLiving
ChildJames William Hornby M. A. (1924 - 1984)
ChildRobert Hugh Hornby M. A. (1930 - 1984)
ChildLiving
FatherVen. Phipps John Hornby M. A. (1853 - 1936)
MotherAgnes Eleanor Penrhyn (1855 - 1934)
SiblingMary Hornby (1887 - 1887)
SiblingLieut. Geoffrey Phipps Hornby (1890 - 1915)
SiblingCecil Vere Hornby (1892 - 1968)
SiblingWilliam Hornby (1893 - 1916)
SiblingEdward Windham Hornby J. P. (1895 - 1977)
SiblingKathleen Hornby (1897 - 1987)