Researching Christopher Horton
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 11115 people with the Horton surname? In that year Horton was ranked number 369 for popularity in the UK. |
The name Christopher means "Christ-bearer" and is of Greek origin.
Records of Christopher Horton on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Christopher Horton and the Horton Genealogy
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| Did you know that there are currently 13452 people with the Horton surname in the UK? Horton is now ranked number 425 for popularity in the UK. |
Horton Genealogy Databases
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Some Famous People called Christopher Horton
Christopher Horton (businessman)
Christopher Tait Horton (11 November 1938 – 12 February 2015) was a New Zealand company director and sharebroker.
Born in Auckland in 1938 and educated at King's College, Horton was the son of Sheila Marie (née Figgis) and Ian Chisholm Horton, and he was a great-grandson of newspaper proprietor Alfred Horton. He was a second cousin of newspaper publisher and philanthropist Michael Horton.
Horton served as chair of the Fishing Industry Board, and was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to business management, in the 1994 New Year Honours. He died at Ruakaka in 2015, aged 76.
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