The Hornby Baronetcy, of Brookhouse in the Parish of Saint Michael, Blackburn, in the County Palatine of Lancaster, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 21 February 1899 for William Hornby

Sir William Hornby, 1st Baronet

Sir William Henry Hornby, 1st Baronet, usually known as Harry Hornby was an English industrialist and Conservative Party politician from Blackburn in Lancashire...

, for many years Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 Member of Parliament

Member of Parliament

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 for Blackburn

Blackburn (UK Parliament constituency)

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. He was the son of industrialist and politician William Henry Hornby (1805–1884). The title became extinct on the death of the second Baronet in 1971.

Edward Hornby

Edward Hornby

Edward Kenworthy Hornby was an English Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1869 to 1874.- Family :...

, brother of the first Baronet, was also Member of Parliament for Blackburn. Another brother, A. N. Hornby

A. N. Hornby

Albert Neilson Hornby, commonly designated A. N. Hornby, nicknamed Monkey Hornby was one of the best known sportsmen in England during the nineteenth century excelling in both rugby and cricket...

, was Captain of the England Cricket Team.

Hornby Baronets, of Brookhouse (1899)

• Sir William Henry Hornby, 1st Baronet
  Sir William Hornby, 1st Baronet
  Sir William Henry Hornby, 1st Baronet, usually known as Harry Hornby was an English industrialist and Conservative Party politician from Blackburn in Lancashire...
  
  (1841-1928)
• Sir Henry Russell Hornby, 2nd Baronet (1888-1971)