Family and Education
b. 12 Aug. 1778, 1st s. of John Horner, linen merchant, of St. David Street, Edinburgh by Joanna, da. of John Baillie, WS, of Gladsmuir, Haddington. educ. Edinburgh h.s. 1786-92; Edinburgh Univ. 1792-5; by Rev. John Hewlett at Shacklewell, Mdx. 1795-7; adv. 1800; L. Inn 1802, called 1807. unm.
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Commr. for the nawab of Arcot’s debts Mar. 1806 – June 1809.
Main residence: 108 Great Russell Street, Mdx.
Notes
John Whishaw, ‘the Pope of Holland House’, was to have written Horner’s biography, but ‘was surprised by ill health and death’ (Sydney Smith Letters ed. N. C. Smith, ii. 759). The Horner mss at the British Lib. of Pol. and Econ. Science, L.S.E. have been cited below, but references to the published material edited by Leonard Horner in Mems. and Corresp. of Francis Horner, MP (1st ed. 1843, 2nd (Boston) ed. 1853) have usually been omitted. There is also some material in Mem. Leonard Horner ed. Lyell (1890).
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Commons 1790-1820
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HORNER, Francis (1778-1817)
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