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Born: 28 February 1871, Slamannan, Stirlingshire

Died: 3 September 1940

1st Viscount Horne of Slamannan - 9 June 1937

Knighted - 1 January 1918

Member of Privy Council - 10 February 1919

son of Rev Robert Stevenson Horne

son of Mary Lockhead

George Watson's College, Edinburgh

Edinburgh University

Advocate and Businessman

Minister of Labour	1919	1920
President of the Board of Trade	1920	1 April 1921
Chancellor of the Exchequer	1 April 1921	27 October 1922

22 January 1910	Stirlingshire	Conservative Party	6,417	38.80
13 December 1910	Stirlingshire	Conservative Party	6,487	41.40
14 December 1918	Glasgow Hillhead	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	12,803	75.36
15 November 1922	Glasgow Hillhead	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,272	62.66
6 December 1923	Glasgow Hillhead	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,757	50.96
29 October 1924	Glasgow Hillhead	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,572	67.69
30 May 1929	Glasgow Hillhead	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,395	63.35
27 October 1931	Glasgow Hillhead	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,279	73.84
14 November 1935	Glasgow Hillhead	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,367	68.20
25 May 1937 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Robert Horne.