Hugh Leycester Hornby (20 November 1888 - 24 March 1965) was an Anglican clergyman. Hornby was born at St. Michael's-on-Wyre, near

Preston, Lancashire Preston () is a city on the north bank of the River Ribble in Lancashire, England. The city is the administrative centre of the county of Lancashire and the wider City of Preston, Lancashire, City of Preston local government district. Preston ...

. He was educated at

Rugby School Rugby School is a public school (English independent boarding school for pupils aged 13–18) in Rugby, Warwickshire, England. Founded in 1567 as a free grammar school for local boys, it is one of the oldest independent schools in Britain. ...

and

Balliol College, Oxford Balliol College () is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. One of Oxford's oldest colleges, it was founded around 1263 by John I de Balliol, a landowner from Barnard Castle in County Durham, who provided the ...

. He was curate of St. Annes-on-Sea, Lancashire before the

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, and in 1910 joined up as a

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in the 5th Battalion, K.O.R. Lancaster Regiment, T.A. During the war he served as a Temporary Chaplain to the Forces(TCF), being awarded the

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in France in 1916 and becoming an Honorary Chaplain to the Forces when the war ended. The citation for his MC reads ‘For conspicuous gallantry. He volunteered to act as a stretcher-bearer, and did fine work at great personal risk. He is constantly among the men in the trenches, and never thinks of his comfort or safety'London Gazette,2.7.1919(Later, in 1951, he also became an honorary chaplain to the

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.) Also in 1919, he succeeded his father as Vicar of St Michael's on Wyre, a living he held until 1930. He later became the living's joint-patron with his younger brother Edward Windham Hornby (succeeding their uncle) in 1944. On 4 January 1921 he married Katharine Rebecca May (1894–1979). Their eldest son (born during Hugh's time as Vicar of St Michael's on Wyre) was

Richard Hornby Richard Phipps Hornby (20 June 1922 – 22 September 2007) was a British Conservative politician and businessman. He was Member of Parliament for Tonbridge for over 17½ years, from June 1956 to February 1974, holding a junior ministerial posit ...

, later a Conservative politician. Their other three children were James William, Robert Hugh and Peter Edward. After his time at St Michael's on Wyre, Hugh became

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and later also

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of Bury (1930–1953 and 1934-45 respectively) and later

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Bishop of Hulme The Bishop of Hulme was an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Manchester, in the Province of York, England. The See was created by Order in Council on 11 October 1923 (under the Suffragans Nomination ...

(1945–1953). He also became

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in the dioceses of

Blackburn Blackburn () is an industrial town and the administrative centre of the Blackburn with Darwen borough in Lancashire, England. The town is north of the West Pennine Moors on the southern edge of the Ribble Valley, east of Preston and nort ...

then (1934–45)

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, as well as a member of the

Church Assembly The General Synod is the tricameral deliberative and legislative organ of the Church of England. The synod was instituted in 1970, replacing the Church Assembly, and is the culmination of a process of rediscovering self-government for the Church o ...

(1933–45), and chairman of the

Diocesan Church Building Committee, the governors of Bury Grammar School (1930–53), and of the governors of Church Central School, Bury. He retired to

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in 1953, and died at Dunster.

References

External links

www.birley.org
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hornby, Hugh Leycester 1888 births 1965 deaths Bishops of Hulme People from the Borough of Fylde People educated at Rugby School Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford 20th-century Church of England bishops Royal Army Chaplains' Department officers British Army personnel of World War I Recipients of the Military Cross World War I chaplains King's Own Royal Regiment officers Military personnel from Lancashire