HORNER, Thomas (1688-1741), of Mells, Som.

bap. 3 July 1688, 2nd but 1st surv. s. of George Horner† by Elizabeth, da. and coh. of Robert Fortescue of Filleigh, Devon. educ. Trinity, Oxf. 1705. m. 1713, Susanna (d. 1758), da. of Thomas Strangways I*, Dorset, sis. and coh. of Thomas Strangways II*, 2s. d.v.p. 1da. suc. fa. 1708; assumed add. name of Strangways on his wife’s succeeding to Melbury 1726. IGI, Somerset; Hutchins, Dorset, ii. 663, 665–7, 680.