George Nicholas Seward Horsley (21 April 1934 – 18 January 2004) was a British businessman, and chairman of
Northern Foods. He was born in
North Ferriby
North Ferriby is a village and civil parish in the Haltemprice area of the East Riding of Yorkshire, England.
History
Humber Estuary
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,
East Riding of Yorkshire
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, England.
Personal life & family
Nicholas Horsley was born to a wealthy business family in
Yorkshire
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, the second of the five children (three sons, two daughters) of Susan Howitt and
Alec Horsley
Alec Stewart Horsley (1 September 1902 – 11 June 1993) was a British businessman, Quaker, and supporter of the peace movement. He was also the founder of Northern Foods.
Personal life and family
Born in Ripley, Derbyshire and educated at ...
, the founder of
Northern Foods.
[Obituary: Alec Horsley]
The Independent, 21 June 1993 He attended Keswick grammar school, Bootham school, York, and
Worcester College, Oxford, where he graduated with a third-class degree. Though his father (a Quaker) preferred conscientious objection, Nicholas did national service in Germany without being commissioned.
[Obituary: Nicholas Horsley]
The Guardian, 23 January 2004
A passionate Yorkshireman, womaniser, tennis player and gambler, Nicholas was married three times. Firstly to Valerie Edwards (a Welsh typist); they had three children, with whom Nicholas became estranged, named Ashley Horsley,
Sebastian Horsley
Sebastian Horsley (born Marcus A. Horsley; 8 August 1962 – 17 June 2010) was an English artist and writer. Horsley's writing often revolved around his dysfunctional family, his flamboyant and eccentric behavior, his drug addictions, sex, and ...
and Jason Horsley.
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by Valerie Walmsley-Hunter, ''The Guardian
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'', 10 December 2005, accessed 19 October 2007 After their divorce Horsley married Sabitha Sarkar in 1975 (divorcing 1987) and Alwyne Law in 1998. His first wife did not remarry, and maintains he was the "love of her life" (though she later became known as Valerie Walmsley-Hunter).
[Relative Values: Sebastian Horsley and his mother, Valerie](_blank)
interviews by Ria Higgins, Sunday Times, 9 September 2007, accessed 19 October 2007
Career
Initially attempting a career as a freelance journalist, Nicholas began work for Northern Foods (then Northern Dairies) in 1958 as trainee manager. In 1963 he became a director. He was chairman of the Dairy Trade Federation from 1975–1977 and 1980–1985, and chairman of the
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consultative group on industrial and business relations from 1980–1983. He also chaired the Yorkshire and Humber Regional Economic Board.
In the early 1970s Nicholas began to suffer from a "rare genetic disease" which eventually restricted him to a wheelchair due to the wasting of his thigh muscles (his sister Gilda is also a sufferer). He retired from Northern Foods and moved to the
, where he held a number of posts, including deputy chairman of BICO, and director of the Pine Hill dairy.