Individual Details
(19 Jul 1719 - Feb 1781)
BIOGRAPHY: ...settled in Kirkham. Apprenticed to Joseph Hankinson, Esq. of Kirkham, drysalter, flax and linen merchant and sail cloth manufacturer, whose daughter and ultimate sole heiress he married. After his father-in-law's death, Mr. Hugh Hornby went into partnership with his brother-in-law, Mr. Thomas Hankinson, as a flax dresser and merchant, with premises in Kirkham and at Skippool Creek, near Poulton-le-fylde, which were later moved to Wardleys, on the other side of the River Wyre. Mr. Thomas Hankinson died intestate c.1775, and Mr Hugh Hornby then became sole proprietor of the merchanting business. By this means, he inaugurated the Hornby family's extensive interests in the textile industry, which lasted well into the 20th century.
Events
| Birth | 19 Jul 1719 | Of Kirkham, Lancashire, England | | | |
| Marriage | Abt 1745 | Of Kirkham, Lancashire, England - Margaret Hankinson | | | |
| Death | Feb 1781 | Of Kirkham, Lancashire, England | | | |
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