Antony Hornby

Sir Roger Antony Hornby (5 February 1904 - 1987), was senior partner at the stockbrokers Cazenove.

Roger Antony Hornby was born on 5 February 1904, the second son of St John Hornby and his wife Cicely Rachel Emily Barclay. He was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford.

According to Anthony Hilton, he rebuilt Cazenove after the war, by subtly acknowledging his company's place in the City hierarchy. They considered themselves the leading broker, so Hornby had a golden rule - any other broker had to visit them, but Cazeove always visited their merchant banker clients. And up until the 1970s, no member of staff could visit a merchant bank without wearing a bowler hat.[1] He was knighted in 1960.

Hornby was also President of Savoy Hotel Ltd.[2]

Personal life

Hornby married Lady Veronica Brenda Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, daughter of Frederick Hamilton-Temple-Blackwood, 3rd Marquess of Dufferin and Ava, on 17 December 1931. They divorced in 1940.

References

  1. ↑ Anthony Hilton (1987). City Within A State: A Portrait of Britain's Financial World. I.B.Tauris. pp. 21–23. ISBN 978-1-85043-044-5.
  2. ↑ "Sir Antony Hornby (1904-1987)". NPG. Retrieved 4 October 2014.