James John Hornby CVO (18 December 1826 – 2 November 1909) was an English rower and headmaster of Eton College from 1868 to 1884. Hornby was born at Winwick...
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John Hornby (1880–1927) was an English explorer, best known for his expeditions in the Arctic region of northern Canada, notably in the "Barren Lands"...
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Hornby Hobbies Limited is a British-owned scale model manufacturing company which has been focused on model railways. Its roots date back to 1901 in Liverpool...
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Portsmouth. Born the son of Admiral Sir Phipps Hornby and Sophia Maria Hornby (daughter of General John Burgoyne), Hornby was educated at Winwick Grammar School...
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(1802–1809) John Keate (1809–1834) Edward Craven Hawtrey (1834–1853) Charles Old Goodford (1853–1862) Edward Balston (1862–1868) James John Hornby (1868–1884)...
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1853–1862 James John Hornby (1884–1909) previously Head Master 1868–1884 Edmond Warre (1909–1918) previously Head Master 1884–1905 Montague Rhodes James (1918–1936)...
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later. The northwest ridge was first ascended in 1865 by the Rev. James John Hornby, Rev. Thomas Henry Philpot, with guides Christian and Ulrich Almer...
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Hugh Leycester Hornby (1888–1965), Anglican clergyman James John Hornby (1826–1909), headmaster and, later, provost of Eton John Hornby (1880–1927), Canadian...
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figures such as Benjamin Jowett, Max Müller, John Campbell Shairp, Edwin Palmer, James Riddell, James John Hornby, and Charles Savile Roundell. Having earlier...
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Oscar Browning (section Hornby and controversy)
headmaster by James John Hornby. This appointment broke with the tradition that Eton headmasters always came from King's College, Cambridge (Hornby was an Oxford...
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album by American singer-songwriter Ben Folds and English novelist Nick Hornby, and was released in the United States of America on September 28, 2010...
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Liverpool, Lancashire, Hornby was the son of John Oswald Hornby, a provision merchant and his wife Martha Hornby (née Thomlinson), though this date has been...
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John Hornby (19 August 1810 – 5 December 1892) was a British Conservative politician. Hornby was elected Conservative MP for Blackburn at the 1841 general...
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Albert Neilson Hornby, nicknamed Monkey Hornby (10 February 1847 – 17 December 1925) was one of the best-known sportsmen in England during the nineteenth...
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was taken by 28-year-old Revd James John Hornby, a fellow of Brasenose College, Oxford and a noted rower. From 1859, Hornby was also vice-master of University...
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August 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2016. "Sam Mendes, Nick Hornby in talks for live-action 'James and the Giant Peach'". Entertainment Weekly. "Sam Mendes...
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Sir John Reginald Hornby Nott-Bower KCVO OStJ QPM (16 March 1892 – 3 October 1972) was Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis, the head of the London...
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[citation needed] Firstly, he married Susan Mary Hornby (1929–2005), daughter of Michael Charles St John Hornby and Nicolette Joan Ward, on 19 October 1951...
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Twiggy (redirect from Lesley Hornby)
Dame Lesley Lawson DBE (née Hornby; born 19 September 1949), widely known by the nickname Twiggy, is an English model, actress, and singer. She was a British...
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spinner John Hornby (1763–1841) and his wife Alice Kendall Backhouse, daughter of Daniel Backhouse, born in Blackburn. During the 1820s the Hornby family...
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John Hornby Harrison (23 May 1908 – 24 September 1964) was a Liberal party member of the House of Commons of Canada. He was born in Bradford, England...
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"Being John Malkovich". Golden Globes. Retrieved May 23, 2024. "High Fidelity". Golden Globes. Retrieved May 23, 2024. "High Fidelity by Nick Hornby: 9781573225519...
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(James Wylder) "9 to 5" (James Hornby) "What Happened in Manchester" (James Hornby) "The Door We Forgot" (James Wylder) "Broken Bonds" (James Hornby)...
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James Charles Critchell Bullock (6 September 1898 – 31 March 1953) was best known for his diaries and photographs of an expedition with John Hornby across...
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Authentic Deeds of Jesus. San Francisco: Harper; "John the Baptist" cameo, p. 268 Compilations (1983). Hornby, Helen (ed.). Lights of Guidance: A Baháʼí Reference...
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Hornby Castle is a country house, developed from a medieval castle, standing to the east of the village of Hornby in the Lune Valley, Lancashire, England...
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year the coxless pair event was run under that name. His partner was James John Hornby and they beat Thomas Howard Fellows and C L Vaughan in the final....
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Academic offices Preceded by Charles Old Goodford Head Master of Eton College 1862–1868 Succeeded by James John Hornby...
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retirement, in 1909 he was appointed as Provost of Eton in succession to James John Hornby, but during the greater part of his provostship ill health prevented...
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Entry" by James Hornby "Kelpie" by James Hornby "Peckham Poltergeist" by James Hornby "Manchester" by James Hornby "Shadow People" by James Hornby "Stacey...
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