William Horton 1712-1774
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Sir William HORTON, 1st baronet 1712-1774
Biographical Note
Of Chadderton Hall, Lancashire; he was High Sheriff of Lancashire in 1764, when he was created a baronet.
Books
Horton used an engraved armorial bookplate, made before 1764 when he became a baronet (Franks 15410). The extent of his library is not known; there is no mention of books in his will, but they would have been part of "all the residue of my ... personal estate and effects", which was left to trustees on behalf of his son Watts, who inherited the title and family estates.
Sources
- Horton baronets, Wikipedia.
- Will of Sir William Horton, the National Archives PROB 11/997/130.
- Gambier Howe, E. R. J. Franks bequest: catalogue of British and American book plates bequeathed to the ... British Museum. London, 1903-4.