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Alderson Burrell Horne
Alderson Burrell Horne (1863–1953) was a British theatre director, under the pseudonym Anmer Hall. Life He was the son of Edgar Horne (1820–1905), and younger brother of William Edgar Horne; and was educated at Westminster School from 1876 to 1880. He entered Pembroke College, Oxford in 1884. Horne was a solicitor, at 50 Lincoln's Inn Fields. He had a large house, Ditton Place, built near Balcombe, Sussex, in 1904, with a formal garden by Reginald Blomfield. In 1914 he was chairman of Morib Plantations, Ltd. Beginning an involvement with theatre, initially as a backer, Horne ultimately became an actor-manager. He supported Johnston Forbes-Robertson in 1905 at the Scala Theatre, which was enlarged by F. T. Verity and continued to 1911, when it became a cinema. Again, in 1911, he supported John Eugene Vedrenne and Dennis Eadie, who took over the Royalty Theatre. He requested a curtain raiser from his friend A. A. Milne, around the beginning of 1914. During World War I, Horn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Edgar Horne
Sir William Edgar Horne, 1st Baronet (21 January 1856 – 26 September 1941) was a British businessman and Conservative Party (UK), Unionist politician. A surveying, surveyor and a director of numerous companies, he was best known for his role as Chairman of the Prudential Assurance Company from 1928 to 1941. Family Horne was the son of Edgar Horne (1820–1905) of Witley in Surrey and his wife Maria, the widow of Thomas Everfield; his father had been head of the Prudential Assurance Company for many years, and his estate was valued on his death at £565,407. 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. Career Edgar Horne was educated at Westminster School, before entering his father's firm of auctioneers and surveyors, Messrs Horne and Company, which was based in the City of London. He was consulting surveyor on the widening of Whit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
