Edward Hornby

Edward Kenworthy Hornby (16 June 1839, in Blackburn – 25 June 1887) was an English Conservative Party politician. He sat in the House of Commons from 1869 to 1874.

Family Hornby was the second son of the industrialist and politician William Henry Hornby and his wife Susannah née Birley. His brothers Albert and Cecil were both cricketers, and his brother William was a politician.

He was educated at Harrow and became a Justice of the Peace (JP) for Lancashire. The two Conservatives who had been elected, Joseph Feilden and Edward Hornby's father William Henry Hornby, were unseated when Mr Justice Willes found that there had been widespread intimidation of voters. along with Joseph Feilden's son Henry Master Feilden.

Both candidates had appealed for support as a tribute to their fathers,

Cricket Hornby was a brother of England cricket team captain A. N. Hornby and he played in one match himself in 1862. He also played in Gentlemen of the North teams and at county level for Cheshire while playing at club level for Nantwich, and made a singe appearance for Shropshire, taking 8 wickets, in 1867.

Death Hornby died at Nantwich, Cheshire, in June 1887 aged 48.