John Francis Fortescue Horner

Sir
John Horner
Born
John Francis Fortescue Horner

(1842-12-28)28 December 1842
Died21 March 1927(1927-03-21) (aged 84)
Mells, Somerset, England
EducationEton College
Alma materBalliol College, Oxford
OccupationBarrister
Spouse
(m. 1883)
Parent(s)Rev. John Stuart Hippisley Horner
Sophia Gertrude Dickinson
RelativesWilliam Dickinson (grandfather)
Ann Lambton (granddaughter)
Julian Asquith, 2nd Earl of Oxford and Asquith (grandson)

Sir John Francis Fortescue Horner, KCVO (28 December 1842 – 21 March 1927) was a British barrister. His family had lived at Mells Manor for generations and many have memorials in St Andrew's Church, Mells. He and his family became associated with The Souls, a social group which included many of the most distinguished English politicians and intellectuals of the Victorian era.

Horner became Commissioner of Woods, Forests and Land Revenues and became a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order for his service.