St John Hornby
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.
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.[1]
Hornby was High Sheriff of the County of London from 1906-07.[2]
The National Portrait Gallery has a 1923 sanguine and white chalk drawing of Hornby by Sir William Rothenstein.[3]
Personal life
Hornby married Cicely Rachel Emily Barclay, the daughter of Charles Barclay and Charlotte Cassandra Cherry, on 19 January 1898.
They had homes at Shelley House, Chelsea, London, and Chantmarle, Dorset.
They had children:
- Michael Charles St John Hornby (1899-1987)
- Sir Roger Antony Hornby (1904-1987), senior partner at the stockbrokers Cazenove
- Dame Rosamund Holland-Martin (1914-2001), who led the NSPCC from (1969-1988), and was married to Admiral Sir Deric Holland-Martin
References
- ↑ "Ashendene Press". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27890. p. 1433. 27 February 1906. Retrieved 2008-04-15.
- ↑ "(Charles Harold) St John Hornby (1867-1946)". National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 4 October 2014.