Augusta Hornblower | |
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| Member of the MassachusettsHouseofRepresentatives from the First Middlesex district | |
| In office 1984–1994 | |
| Preceded by | Bruce Weatherbee |
| Succeeded by | Robert Hargraves |
Augusta Hornblower (June 6,1948 - August 27,1994 [1] ) was an American Republican politician from Groton,Massachusetts. [2] She represented the First Middlesex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1984 until her death in 1994. [2]
She was the daughter of Henry Hornblower,II,an investment banker and founder of the living history museum Plimoth Plantation,now called Plimoth Patuxet,and his wife Dorothy Shapard. [3] Her great grandfather,Henry Hornblower was the co-founder of the Hornblower &Weeks investment bank and brokerage.
She was elected to the Republican National Committee in 1988 [4] and was appointed assistant minority whip in the legislature in 1993.
She died in 1994 of recurrent bone cancer.
