Horne, Edward (1814-1835)

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VENN:
Adm. sizar at QUEENS', May 5, 1809. Of Salop. [Perhaps s. of Edward Horne, of The Leasowes, High Sheriff of Salop, 1780.] Matric. Michs. 1809; B.A. 1813; M.A. 1817. Ord. priest (London) June 11, 1815. R. of St Lawrence with St John, Southampton, 1835-46. Disappears from Clergy List, 1851. (Foster, Index Eccles.)

Fiona Martin suggests in email dated 9-1-2011 that Venn is wrong in suggesting he was the son of Edward the High Sheriff because the Sheriff's son died in 1824 (http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=62549 fn 64). His father is more likely Rev Melville Horne Vicar of Madeley Shropshire, a high profile evangelical. In the 1851 census Edward is listed as 'Convert from Church of England to Romanism', with his birthplace as Madeley, Salop.

EH was certainly the son of Melvil Horne; this is confirmed by the Minutes of the Elland Society for 23-24 April 1812, when he was granted a donation of £60 on the recommendation of his father and Charles Simeon. I am doubtful about the link with Madeley, however. CCEd records reveal no link between his father and Madeley -- there is a clear succession of vicars, which does not include MH. So I wonder whether the record of conversion to the Church of Rome relates to this person or to another EH. (ST)

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