William Edgar Horne

Sir (William) Edgar Horne, 1st Baronet (21 January 1856 – 26 September 1941)[1] was a British businessman and Unionist politician. A surveyor and a director of numerous companies, he was best known for his role as Chairman of the Prudential Assurance Company from 1928 to 1941.

He entered local government, becoming chairman of the united vestries of St Margarets and St Johns, Westminster, and then served as a member of Westminster Borough Council, where he was Mayor in 1923-4.

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