Born: April 15, 1865, Cuckfield, Sussex, England.
Died: May 2, 1914, Toronto, Canada.
Buried: Church Stretton public cemetery, Shropshire, England.
Horne attended Glasgow University (MA 1866) and Mansfield College, Oxford.
Ordained a Congregational minister, he served at the Allen Street Congregational Church, Kensington (1889–1903).
Afterward, he became superintendent of Whitefield’s Central Mission on Tottenham Court Road. From 1910–11, he served as chairman of the Congregational Union of England and Wales.
He was also Member of Parliament for Ipswich.