Horsfall family#Robert Horsfall
{{Short description|Family known primarily for building churches in Liverpool, England}}
The Horsfall family was a family notable in Liverpool, UK, especially as traders at the heart of British trade with Africa after 1807, and as religious benefactors whose churches are among the most important religious buildings in the city.{{cite web|url=https://www.frh-europe.org/the-horsfall-churches-conserving-the-legacy-of-liverpools-great-church-building-family/|website=Future for Religious Heritage|title=The Horsfall Churches: Conserving the Legacy of Liverpool’s Great Church Building Family|first=Ian|last=Simpson|access-date=4 September 2019}}{{cite web|url=http://www.iansimpson.eu/horsfall.pdf|title=The Horsfall Family: Celebrating & Conserving their Legacy|first=Ian|last=Simpson|publisher=Diocese of Liverpool}}
{{OSM Location map
| caption = Churches in Liverpool built or contributed to by members of the Horsfall Family
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| label1 = St George, Everton
| mark-title1 = St George's, Everton
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| mark-image1 = St_George's_Everton_2019-2.jpg
| mark-description1 = Built in 1813-14. Contributed to by Charles Horsfall.
| label2 = Christ Church, Great Homer Street
| mark-title2 = Christ Church, Great Homer Street
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| mark-description2 = Built in 1846-8 by Robert Horsfall on land donated by Thomas Berry Horsfall. Destroyed in 1941.
| label3 = St. James-the-Less, Kirkdale
| mark-title3 = St. James-the-Less, Kirkdale
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| mark-description3 = Built in 1869 by Robert Horsfall. Destroyed in 1941.
| label4 = St. Margaret of Antioch, Toxteth
| mark-title4 = St. Margaret of Antioch, Toxteth
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| mark-image4 = 3_Princes_Road,_St_Margarets_frontage.JPG
| mark-description4 = Built in 1869 by Robert Horsfall.
| label5 = Christ Church, Toxteth Park
| mark-title5 = Christ Church, Toxteth Park
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| mark-image5 = Christ_Church,_Linnet_Lane,_Liverpool_(6).JPG
| mark-description5 = Built in 1871 by George Horsfall.
| label6 = St. Agnes, Toxteth Park
| mark-title6 = St. Agnes, Toxteth Park
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| mark-image6 = St_Agnes_&_St_Pancras_2018.jpg
| mark-description6 = Built in 1885 by Douglas Horsfall.
| label7 = St. Faith, Great Crosby
| mark-title7 = St. Faith, Great Crosby
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| mark-image7 = St Faith's Church, Waterloo 1.jpg
| mark-description7 = Built in 1900 by Douglas Horsfall.
| label8 = St. Pancras, Sefton Park
| mark-title8 = St. Pancras, Sefton Park
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| mark-description8 = Built in 1906 by Douglas Horsfall. Closed in 1937 and demolished in 2003.
| label9 = St. Paul, Stoneycroft
| mark-title9 = St. Paul, Stoneycroft
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| mark-description9 = Built in 1916 by Douglas Horsfall. Sold to the Coptic Orthodox Church in 2016.
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Charles Horsfall
Charles Horsfall (1776–1846) was born in Yorkshire and earned his fortune as a merchant and slave-holder in Jamaica before returning to England around 1803 and settling in Everton near Liverpool. {{cite web|url=https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/8067|title=Charles Horsfall Profile & Legacies Summary|website=Legacies of British Slave-ownership|publisher=University College London}}
He founded Charles Horsfall and Sons, which was Britain's largest palm oil importer on several occasions between 1835 and 1850. In the late 1830s, he handed control over to his eldest son, Thomas.
He was mayor of Liverpool in 1832.
He subscribed to the fund to build St George's Church, Everton.
On his death, his 13 children built Christ Church, Great Homer Street, Everton in his memory. It was consecrated on 30 October 1848, but was destroyed by German bombing in the Liverpool Blitz of 1941.
Thomas Berry Horsfall
Thomas Berry Horsfall (1805–1878), son of Charles, was Member of Parliament for Liverpool for over 15 years, as well as Lord Mayor of Liverpool.
In the late 1830s, he took over Charles Horsfall and Sons from his father, later handing control to his younger brother George. He was Chairman of the Liverpool
He donated land to build Christ Church, Great Homer Street, Everton. He also gave £600 ({{Inflation|UK|600|1871|fmt=eq|cursign=£|r=-3}}) to the Church Missionary Society to build a mission church in Bonny, Nigeria.
Robert Horsfall
Robert Horsfall (1807–1881), son of Charles, was a stockbroker of Anglo-Catholic views. He established Horsfall Brothers stockbrokers.
In 1846-8 he was the primary commissioner of Christ Church, Great Homer Street, Everton, on land donated by his elder brother Thomas, in memory of their father. In 1869 he founded both the church of St James the Less, Kirkdale and the Church of St Margaret of Antioch, Liverpool.
Both Christ Church Everton and St James the Less Kirkdale were destroyed in the Liverpool Blitz in May 1941.
George Horsfall
George Henry Horsfall (1824–1900), son of Charles, was a successful merchant, who took over running of Horsfall and Sons from his older brother Thomas. He was also a Conservative councillor who served on Liverpool council for 16 years. He was staunchly Evangelical, and founded Christ Church, Toxteth Park in 1871.{{cite book | last = Sharples | first = Joseph| last2 = Pollard| first2 = Richard| year = 2004| title = Liverpool| series = Pevsner Architectural Guides| publication-place = New Haven and London| publisher = Yale University Press| isbn = 0-300-10258-5 | page=280-1}}{{cite journal|journal=Transactions of the Historic Society of Lancashire and Cheshire|volume=142|date=1992|title=Trade and politics in 19th century Liverpool: the Tobin and Horsfall families and Liverpool’s African trade|url=https://www.hslc.org.uk/journal/vol-141/attachment/142-6-lynn/|first=Martin|last=Lynn|pages=99-120}}
Douglas Horsfall
Howard Douglas Horsfall (1856–1936), son of Robert, was a stockbroker based in Liverpool.{{cite news|url=http://www.stfaithsgreatcrosby.org.uk/horsfallobit.html|work=The Times|date=10 February 1936|title=Mr H.D. Horsfall, a builder of churches in Liverpool}} A keen Anglo-Catholic, he was the principal benefactor of St Chad's College in the University of Durham, originally as a training college for Anglo-Catholic clergy in the Church of England.
- Church of St Agnes and St Pancras, Toxteth Park in 1885
- St Faith's Church, Great Crosby, in 1900
- Chapel of St Pancras, Sefton Park, in 1906
- St Paul's Church, Stoneycroft in 1916
Robert Elcum Horsfall
Captain Robert Elcum Horsfall (1890–1917) was the elder son of Douglas Horsfall. He studied at Eton College, then worked with Professor John Garstang on archaeological investigations in Egypt and Mesopotamia (including at the discovery of the Meroë Head), before enrolling at King's College, Cambridge. In 1914, he enlisted in the King's Regiment (Liverpool) and was appointed Captain of the 12 Battalion in 1916. He was killed in action in Cambrai on 20 November 1917, aged 27.{{cite web|url=https://archive.griffith.ox.ac.uk/index.php/horsfall-capt-r-e|title=Horsfall, (Capt) Robert Elcum|website=Griffith Institute Archive|publisher=Oxford University}} Oxford University holds a collection of 450 negatives taken by him in Egypt.{{cite web|url=https://archive.griffith.ox.ac.uk/index.php/horsfall-negatives-collection|title=Collection Horsfall MSS - Robert Elcum Horsfall Negatives Collection|website=Griffith Institute Archive|publisher=Oxford University}}
Ewart Horsfall
Major Ewart Douglas Horsfall MC (1892–1974) was the younger son of Douglas Horsfall, and was a rower, businessman and military officer. He rowed for Oxford University in the Boat Race in 1912–14, and for Great Britain (Leander Club) in the 1912 and 1920 Summer Olympics.
Gallery
File:Charles Horsfall Crop.jpg|Charles Horsfall
(1776-1846)
File:Thomas Berry Horsfall.jpg|Thomas Berry Horsfall
(1805-1878)
File:Douglas_Horsfall_in_The_Stag.jpg|Douglas Horsfall
(1856-1936)
File:Ewart Douglas Horsfall.jpg|Ewart Horsfall
(1892-1974)