Hordern family

Outline

Biographies

• Anthony Hordern I
• Anthony Hordern II
• Anthony Hordern III
• Samuel Hordern I
• Samuel Hordern II
• Sir Samuel Hordern
• Mary Hordern

  Hordern family houses

• Retford Hall, Darling Point, was built by Anthony Hordern II in 1865 to a design by Edmund Blacket and was demolished just over one hundred years later.
• Retford Park, Bowral, was built in 1887 and was owned by three generations of Samuel Horderns until 1960. James Fairfax acquired the property in 1964 and, in 2016, gifted the property to the National Trust of Australia.
• The Highlands, Wahroonga, was commissioned in the 1890s by Alfred James Hordern and was designed by John Horbury Hunt.
• Tuxedo, Strathfield, was an early home of Sir Samuel Hordern and is also thought to have been designed by Horbury Hunt.
• Babworth House, Darling Point, was the second home of Sir Samuel. It was designed by Morrow & de Putron in 1912 and is located in substantial harbourside grounds. In 2004 the house was adapted into five large apartments.
• Jenner House, Potts Point, was originally known as "Stramshall", and was built by Lebbeus Hordern in 1871 to a design by Blacket. It was later added to by Thomas Rowe and is listed by the National Trust of Australia.
• Shubra Hall, Croydon, is the oldest building on the campus of the Presbyterian Ladies' College, Sydney, and was the home of Anthony Hordern III.
• Zanobi, Petersham, was given to Percy Hordern as a wedding present from his family.
• Kalua, Palm Beach, was owned by the Hordern family from its construction in the 1920s until 1978.

  Family tree

• Gilbert Hordern m. Beatrice née Devy
• Anthony Hordern, Snr. m. Ann née Woodhead in 1817, migrated to Sydney in 1823, moved to Melbourne in 1839.
• *John m. Rebecca née Carr on 5 July 1845. They lived in Charlotte Place, Sydney then "Kingston", Newtown. He is also mentioned as living at O'Connell Town – this may be the same place. He worked in the family business then on his own account from around 1845. He committed suicide with a razor at the Brickfield Hill home of his brother Lebbeus after an extended period of insanity.
• **John Lebbeus Hordern m. Caroline. He founded Hordern Brothers in Pitt Street. He died of pneumonia in Auckland, New Zealand after being thrown from a horse.
• ***Roy Alfred died after an accident in Perth, Western Australia
• ***Bruce Alexander m. Winifred Frances née Perryman in March 1921, divorced 1931; Ailsa Sylvia née Scholer on 22 July 1937. Home "Kalua" at Palm Beach
• **E Carr Hordern m. Frances Lillie née Dryland on 14 October 1885. After a family dispute, he founded in 1922, with his three sons, Hordern Brothers Limited, drapers, "Horderns in Pitt Street". Their home was "Chislehurst", Centennial Avenue Chatswood
• *** Stewart Hordern was involved in the family business from 1916.
• ****Samuel Carr Hordern was alderman for Macquarie Ward 1969 to 1974.
• **Alfred James Hordern home "Highlands" Myra Street, Wahroonga or Waitara, New South Wales
• *Anthony Jnr. m. Harriett née Marsden, daughter of one Samuel Marsden Esq. on 17 July 1841 Homes "Retford Hall", Darling Point and 756 George Street. He was an alderman 1868 to 1879.
• **Anthony III "Tertius" m. Elizabeth Mary née Bull on 12 October 1864 Home "Shubra Hall", Croydon later "Drummoyne House", Drummoyne, New South Wales. He left Sydney for Western Australia, where he made his mark as an entrepreneur in association with Sir Julius Vogel and founding the Albany–Beverley "Great Southern" railway and developing much of the surrounding land. He died aboard the steamer R.M.S. Carthage on the Red Sea while returning to Australia after several years conducting his business affairs from London. A memorial to him was erected at the top of York Street, Albany. He was nominated by A. J. H. Saw, the Chancellor of the University of Western Australia, as one of the fifteen greats in the development of the State.
• ***Naomi Eveline m. Colonel R. B. Firman of London
• ***Arthur Gilbert m. Henrietta née Gordon on 5 July 1899.
• ***Frieda Elsa m. lawyer A Victor Worthington, of Caversham, England on 28 April 1908, lived at Turramurra, then "Jersey", Potts Point.
• ***Anthony Shubra Hordern m. Edith née Campbell on 4 September 1901; May née Brogan
• ****Hugh Cecil Shubra engaged to Marian Seton in May 1936
• ****Basil Colin Shubra was a prominent bank shareholder
• ***Miriam Harriet m. Claude Thirkell of London on 3 November 1892
• **Harriett m. Nathaniel George Bull J.P. on 9 February 1861. They lived at "Cabramatta Park", Cabramatta then "Lugano", Potts Point. Her will was the subject of legal argument. N. G. Bull was three times Mayor of Liverpool and M.L.A. 1885–1887
• ***Anthony Hordern Bull . Gertrude née ??, residence "Merrimba", Beecroft. He was previously engaged to Brenda Banks of "Tudor", Mosman in September 1936. He had a twin, of which no details yet to hand.
• ***Harriet "Tinie" Bull m. William Hordern, a cousin, on 8 June 1887 – see his entry below.
• **Hannah m. Henry Bull on 29 November 1862
• **Samuel m. Jane Maria née Booth on 11 November 1875; residence Retford Hall, Darling Point.
• ***Sir Samuel Hordern m. Charlotte Isabel "Lottie" née See on 14 March 1900; residence "Tuxedo", Strathfield, "Babworth House" Darling Point. She was the eldest daughter of Sir John See.
• ****Doreen F. m. Oscar M. Peall of Marlborough, Wiltshire on 13 March 1935. Doreen was noted as a socialite and ornithologist.
• **** Audrey m. writer William A. "Bill" Winter-Irving on 24 May 1933.
• *****Celia Winter-Irving was an authority on Shona art.
• ****Major Samuel "Sam" Hordern m. June née Baillieu, youngest daughter of Clive Baillieu, of Melbourne on 12 April 1934. Home at Bellevue Hill.
• *****Sara June m. Sidney Baillieu Myer on 15 December 1955, son of Sidney Myer, thus uniting two of Australia's wealthiest families. Sara was, in 1936, described as "Australia's richest baby". Her estate, valued at $20 million, was the subject of litigation.
• ***Jane Mabel "Janey" "Dollie" m. Leslie Nicholl Walford on 5 February 1902, divorced in 1913. Leslie Walford, of Botany Gun Club, was a highly competitive marksman.
• ***Minnie Sarah m. Russell Watson on 7 November 1904; Dr. Herbert Vivian Holdern, a cousin, in 1930.
• ***John Booth Hordern, was written out of his father's will.
• ***Sir Anthony Hordern m. Viola Sydney née Bingham on 27 February 1911. Viola was a niece of the Chief Justice of Victoria, Sir John Madden; Mary née Bullmore on 3 March 1932. Mary was fashion editor of The Australian Women's Weekly. Their home was Retford Hall, Darling Point.
• ****Dinah Bingham Hordern was engaged to Henry John Marks in April 1935
• *Elizabeth m. James S Dismorr in 1844, lived in Gravesend, Kent.
• *Lebbeus died in Naples en route to Australia
• *Mary Ann m. Robert Clowes. They lived at Lebbeus's home "Stramshall", Potts Point, New South Wales.
• **Mary Ann Rebecca m. John Stewart Dismorr of London on 30 April 1874.
• *William m. Cecilia née Monger and lived in Melbourne, home in 1873 "Stramshall", Victoria Parade, East Melbourne and in 1887 family lived in "Stramshall" on Burwood Road, later Auburn Road, Hawthorn.
• **William Hordern m. Harriet "Tinie" née Bull, a cousin, on 8 June 1887, lived at "Cabramatta", Riversdale Road, later Princess Street, Kew, Victoria. William, solicitor of 339 Collins Street, was appointed a commissioner of the Supreme Court of South Australia in 1903
• *** May Hordern m. Rev. Nigel a'Beckett Talworth Backhouse, Major-Chaplain AIF on 10 December 1919. Nigel was chaplain at The Shore School.
• **Lebbeus Hordern m. Louie Dewson née Smith on 25 May 1887, lived at Hawthorn, Victoria then "Pontefract", Balwyn, had daughters 18 September 1889, 7 September 1894, sons 28 February 1908, 4 April 1914
• *Edward m. Emily Jane née Grose on 8 February 1860; Christiana Matilda Stack on 17 November 1866. They lived at 676 George Street South, Brickfield Hill, Sydney then "Milton House", Darlinghurst Road, then "Chatsworth", Potts Point. He was an alderman 1879 to 1882.
• **Percy Grose Hordern' MLC m. Annie Wright on 17 February 1885. He was a Labor Party member of the New South Wales Legislative Council between 1921–1926.
• **Cecilia Matilda m. Frank Mallon McElhone on 6 November 1886.
• **Florence Amelia Hordern m. Captain Christian Martin Crone Rovsing R.E. K.C.B. on 2 April 1897 Rovsing was consulting engineer to the King of Siam.
• **Cecil m. Eva Connell née Laycock on 26 August 1889, home at "Ripley Lodge", Elamang Avenue, Kirribilli. Cecil was partner with Mr. H. H. McNall in the firm of McNall and Hordern and was a respected member of the Sydney Stock Exchange. In recognition of her work for the Red Cross Society during World War I, Eva was awarded an OBE in 1920 and the Tip Tree Red Cross Convalescent Home for women at Strathfield was renamed Eva Hordern Home in 1943 in recognition of her work for Red Cross during World War II.
• **Beatrice Maude m. John Patrick Garvan Sheridan, a barrister and later Justice Garvan Sheridan, on 9 January 1901. They divorced in 1918. She remarried, to Baron Henri de Tuyll in 1930.
• ***Beatrice Garvan Sheridan m. Lieutenant-Commander Mortimer Durand RN in 1931.
• **Dr. Herbert Vivian Hordern m. Norah Ebsworth née White in 1913. They separated in 1923 and were divorced in 1929. She died as the result of a motor vehicle accident. Minnie Sarah née'' Hordern, a cousin and daughter of Samuel and Jane Maria Hordern, in 1930.

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