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George Henry Hornsby

(Born: 1859)

Warning: This is not intended to be an exhaustive history of this individual, but an indication of the changes of positions and the links between companies, directors and managers in those companies. Only collieries, pits etc. in the North of England are shown - the individual may be involved with other companies or collieries outside this area and there may have been other positions for which we currently do not have details.


Mr. & Mrs. G. H. Hornsby at the opening of Sherburn Hill Welfare Hall, 27th Feb 1926


1881

Census

Address: 20 Jackson Street, Whitworth

(Ref: RG11/4922/12/17)

Name  Age  Rel  Mar OccupationWhere Born
HORNSBY, George  22 Head Mar Coal Miner  DUR: Spennymoor
HORNSBY, Alice  25 Wife Mar   DUR: Thornley
HORNSBY, Alfred  2 Son   DUR: Willington


1887

Managers Certificate

20 October 1887, Certificate Number: 2,318 (1st), District: Durham

First Class Certificate of Competency as a Manager of Mines granted under the Coal Mines Regulation Acts, 1872 and 1887 (35 & 36 Vict. Cap. 76, Sec. 30 ; 50 & 51 Vict. Cap. 58, Sec 23.)


1888

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   Whitworth   T. M. Reay, Whitworth, Spennymoor


1894

Commercial/Trade Directory

Page 1204: Fatfield - Hornsby, George Henry, Colliery Manager, North Biddick
Source: History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.


1896

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   North Biddick   Lambton Collieries Ltd.


1909

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Agent:   Littletown (Lord Lambton)   Lambton Collieries Ltd.
Agent:   Sherburn Hill   Lambton Collieries Ltd.
Agent:   Sherburn (Lady Durham)   Lambton Collieries Ltd.
Agent:   Sherburn House   Lambton Collieries Ltd.


1914

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   Sherburn Hill   Sir B. Samuelson & Co. Ltd.


1918

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Manager:   Sherburn Hill   Sir B. Samuelson & Co. Ltd.


1919

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Agent:   Sherburn Hill   Sir B. Samuelson & Co. Ltd.
Manager:   Sherburn Hill   Sir B. Samuelson & Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Lady Durham   Sir B. Samuelson & Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Sherburn House   Sir B. Samuelson & Co. Ltd.


1921

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Agent:   Sherburn Hill   Sir B. Samuelson & Co. Ltd.
Manager:   Sherburn Hill   Sir B. Samuelson & Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Lady Durham   Sir B. Samuelson & Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Sherburn House   Sir B. Samuelson & Co. Ltd.


1923

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Agent:   Sherburn Hill   Dorman, Long & Co. Ltd.
Manager:   Sherburn Hill   Dorman, Long & Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Lady Durham   Dorman, Long & Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Sherburn House   Dorman, Long & Co. Ltd.


1924

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Agent:   Sherburn Hill   Dorman, Long & Co. Ltd.
Manager:   Sherburn Hill   Dorman, Long & Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Lady Durham   Dorman, Long & Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Sherburn House   Dorman, Long & Co. Ltd.


1925

Colliery Staff Positions held

Position   Colliery  Company
Agent:   Sherburn Hill   Dorman, Long & Co. Ltd.
Manager:   Sherburn Hill   Dorman, Long & Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Lady Durham   Dorman, Long & Co. Ltd.
Agent:   Sherburn House   Dorman, Long & Co. Ltd.


Sources
  • 1881 Census — taken 3rd April, 1881
  • 1888 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1896 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, also available online at Peak District Mines Historical Society Ltd
  • 1909 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
  • 1914 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1918 List of Mines
  • 1919 List of Mines - from Reid's Handy Colliery Guide
  • 1921 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1923 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1924 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • 1925 List of Mines - Government report from the Mines Department, from a copy held in the Scottish Mining Museum, Newtongrange, Midlothian
  • History, Topography, and Directory of the County Palatine of Durham by Francis Whellan. Second edition published in 1894.

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