St John Hornby
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Charles Harold St John Hornby (25 June 1867 – 1946) was a founding partner of W. H. Smith, deputy vice-chairman of the NSPCC, and founder and owner of the Ashendene Press.
Charles Harold St John (pronounced 'Sin-jun')[1] Hornby was born on 25 June 1867 at Much Dewchurch, Herefordshire, the eldest son of the Reverend Charles Edward Hornby, then a curate, and his wife, Harriet, daughter of the Revd Henry Turton, who was the vicar of Betley, Staffordshire.[2]
He was educated at Harrow and New College, Oxford, where he received a bachelor's degree in classics.[2] While attending Oxford, he rowed in the stroke position in both his college's and the University's rowing crews, and was a member of the crew that won the 1890 University Boat Race.[2]
Career
In 1892, Hornby was called to the bar, but his friend Freddy Smith (they had spent a year together in 1890–91 travelling the world) offered him a partnership in WH Smith, the family business.[2]
In 1900, Hornby met Emery Walker and Sydney Cockerell (then William Morris' secretary at the Kelmscott Press). Together, they encouraged and instructed Hornby and helped in devising two typefaces for his own use, Subiaco and Ptolemy.[3]
Honours
Hornby was High Sheriff of the County of London from 1906–07.[4]
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