William Hornby (priest)

William Hornby (1810 - 1899) was the inaugural Archdeacon of Lancaster.^[1]

Hornby was educated at Christ Church, Oxford. He was Vicar of St Michael's on Wyre from 1847 to 1885;^[2] and Rural Dean of Preston from 1850^[3] to 1878.^[4]

He died on 20 December 1899.^[4] His son was also Archdeacon of Lancaster from 1909 to 1936.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Inaugural appointment	Archdeacon of Lancaster 1870–1895	Succeeded by Arthur Frederic Clarke

Archdeacons of Lancaster

William Hornby Arthur Clarke William Bonsey Phipps Hornby Henry Fosbrooke Benjamin Pollard Gordon Fallows Charles Lambert Geoffrey Gower-Jones Ken Gibbons Robert Ladds Colin Williams Peter Ballard Michael Everitt

Anglican Diocese of Manchester

Manchester Cathedral Bishopscourt, Salford Church House, Manchester

Office holders	The Bishop of Manchester, David Walker The Bishop suffragan of Bolton, Chris Edmondson The Bishop suffragan of Middleton, Mark Davies AEO: Glyn Webster, Bishop suffragan of Beverley The Dean of Manchester, Rogers Govender The Archdeacon of Rochdale, Cherry Vann The Archdeacon of Bolton, David Bailey The Archdeacon of Manchester, Mark Ashcroft The Archdeacon of Salford, David Sharples

Historic offices	Bishop suffragan of Whalley (1909–1936) Bishop suffragan of Hulme (1924–2009) Archdeacon of Lancaster (1847–1926; became Diocese of Blackburn) Archdeacon of Blackburn (1877–1926; became Diocese of Blackburn)

References

↑ Ecclesiastical Intelligence The Times (London, England), Saturday, Dec 28, 1895; pg. 10; Issue 34772
↑ ‘HORNBY, Ven. William’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2007; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 28 Feb 2014
↑ 'Church' Blackburn Standard (Blackburn, England), Wednesday, January 09, 1850; Issue 782
1 2 Obituary The Rev William Hornby The Times (London, England), Friday, Dec 22, 1899; pg. 5; Issue 36019

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