The Hort Baronetcy, of Castle Strange in the County of Middlesex, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 8 September 1767 for John Hort, Consul-General at Lisbon, Portugal. [1] He was the second son of The Right Reverend Josiah Hort, Archbishop of Tuam. [1] The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Kildare from 1831 to 1832. [2] The third Baronet was a Lieutenant-General in the British Army and fought in the Crimean War. [2] The current Baronet is Sir Andrew Edwin Fenton Hort, of East Prawle, Devon.
The theologian Fenton John Anthony Hort was the grandson of the first Baronet.
The heir apparent is the present holder's son James John Fenton Hort (born 1989)
The 6th baronet, Arthur Fenton Hort (15 Jan 1864 - 7 Mar 1935), was known as an author, schoolmaster at Harrow (1888–1922) and gardener. The son of Fenton Josiah Hort and Fanny Henrietta Holland, he was born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire in 1864 and married Helen Frances Bell in 1894 and they had three children including the 7th baronet. He attended Trinity College (1882–1889). He translated a number of classical texts of Theophrastus, Euripedes and Livy. He died at Hurstbourne Tarrant, Hampshire in 1935.
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