HORNE, CECIL GREVILLE (1845-1920) was born in Australia, where his parents had settled. He went to England to prepare for the Royal Navy, in which he served on several stations and rose to the rank of commander. In 1880 he settled in New Zealand, and shortly afterwards married a daughter of Singleton Rochfort. He was sergeant-at-arms to the House of Representatives from 1880 till 1889, when he resigned and accepted the governorship of a prison in northern New South Wales. There his wife died, he remarried and, returning to New Zealand, was again appointed sergeant-at-arms. He died on 12 Jul 1920.

N.Z.P.D., Jul 1920; Evening Post, 12 Jul 1920.

Reference: Volume 1, page 223

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