The Horsfall family was a family notable in

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, UK, especially as traders at the heart of British trade with Africa after 1807, and as religious benefactors whose churches are among the most important religious buildings in the city.

Charles Horsfall

Charles Horsfall Charles Horsfall (21 June 1776 – 18 June 1846) was a merchant and slave-owner who served as Mayor of Liverpool 1832–1833. Life Early life Horsfall was born in Huddersfield, Yorkshire, the son of Joseph Horsfield and Anna Hodgson, and w ...

(1776-1846) was born in Yorkshire and earned his fortune as a merchant and slave-holder in Jamaica before returning to England around 1803 and settling in Everton near Liverpool. He founded Charles Horsfall and Sons, which was Britain's largest palm oil importer on several occasions between 1835 and 1850. In the late 1830s, he handed control over to his eldest son, Thomas. He was mayor of Liverpool in 1832. He subscribed to the fund to build St George's Church, Everton. On his death, his 13 children built Christ Church, Great Homer Street, Everton in his memory. It was consecrated on 30 October 1848, but was destroyed by German bombing in the

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of 1941.

Thomas Berry Horsfall

Thomas Berry Horsfall Thomas Berry Horsfall (20 August 1805 – 22 December 1878) was a Conservative Party politician in England. He was a Member of Parliament (MP) for over 15 years, and was Lord Mayor of Liverpool from 1847 to 1848. Life Horsfall was born in Liverp ...

(1805-1878), son of Charles, was Member of Parliament for Liverpool for over 15 years, as well as Lord Mayor of Liverpool. In the late 1830s, he took over Charles Horsfall and Sons from his father, later handing control to his younger brother George. He was Chairman of the Liverpool He donated land to build Christ Church, Great Homer Street, Everton. He also gave £600 to the Church Missionary Society to build a mission church in Bonny.

Robert Horsfall

Robert Horsfall (1807-1881), son of Charles, was a stockbroker of

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views. He established Horsfall Brothers stockbrokers. In 1846-8 he was the primary commissioner of Christ Church, Great Homer Street, Everton, on land donated by his elder brother Thomas, in memory of their father. In 1869 he founded both the church of St James the Less, Kirkdale and the Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Liverpool. Both Christ Church Everton and St James the Less Kirkdale were destroyed in the

in May 1941.

George Horsfall

George Henry Horsfall (1824–1900), son of Charles, was a successful merchant, who took over running of Horsfall and Sons from his older brother Thomas. He was also a Conservative councillor who served on Liverpool council for 16 years. He was staunchly

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, and founded Christ Church, Toxteth Park in 1871.

Douglas Horsfall

Howard Douglas Horsfall (1856-1936), son of Robert, was a stockbroker based in Liverpool. A keen

, he was the principal benefactor of

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in the

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, originally as a training college for Anglo-Catholic clergy in the Church of England. He also founded: *

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in 1885 * St Faith's Church,

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, in 1900 * Chapel of St Pancras, Sefton Park, in 1906 * St Paul's Church, Stoneycroft in 1916

Robert Elcum Horsfall

Captain Robert Elcum Horsfall (1890-1917) was the elder son of Douglas Horsfall. He studied at

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, then worked with Professor

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on archaeological investigations in Egypt and Mesopotamia (including at the discovery of the

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), before enrolling at

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. In 1914, he enlisted in the

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and was appointed Captain of the 12 Batallion in 1916. He was killed in action in

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on 20 November 1917, aged 27.

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holds a collection of 450 negatives taken by him in Egypt.

Ewart Horsfall

Major Ewart Douglas Horsfall MC (1892-1974) was the younger son of Douglas Horsfall, and was a rower, businessman and military officer. He rowed for

in the

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in 1912-14, and for

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(

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) in the

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and

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Douglas Horsfall Howard Douglas Horsfall (1856-February 1936) was a stockbroker and benefactor based in Liverpool, England. He is remembered for building churches in Liverpool, and as a founding benefactor of St Chad's College, Durham. Early life and education ...

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(1892-1974)

References

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