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{{short description|British politician (1835–1906)}}
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[[File:Frederick Horniman by Trevor Haddon (detail).jpg|thumb|Frederick Horniman by [[Trevor Haddon]] (detail)]]
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'''Frederick John Horniman''' (8 October 1835 – 5 March 1906) was an English tea trader and founder of the [[Horniman Museum]] in London. He was brought up and lived in [[Croydon]]'s Park Hill area.<ref>{{cite DNB12|author=Charlotte Fell Smith|authorlink=Charlotte Fell Smith|wstitle=Horniman, Frederick John}}</ref>

==Life==
Frederick, born in [[Bridgwater]], [[Somerset]], was born into a Quaker family, the son of [[John Horniman]], who established [[Horniman's Tea]], a [[tea]] business using mechanical packaging. By 1891, it was said to be the biggest tea company in the world.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/horniman-museum|title=Horniman Public Museum and Public Park Trust – GOV.UK|work=gov.uk|date=31 August 2022 }}</ref>

He founded the [[Horniman Museum]] in [[Forest Hill, London|Forest Hill]], south London. In 1901, he gave the {{convert|15|acre}} [[Freehold (law)|freehold]] estate, museum and the art and natural history collections to [[London County Council]] for use by the people of London.<ref name=ODNB>Michael Horniman, 'Horniman, Frederick John (1835–1906)’, [[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]], Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2007 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33994  accessed 21 Jan 2011]</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Falmouth|work=The Cornubian and Redruth Times|issue=1965|date=15 February 1901|page=5}}</ref>

He was a member of the [[London County Council]], and [[Liberal Party (UK)|Liberal]] [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|member of parliament]] for [[Penryn and Falmouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Penryn and Falmouth]] in [[Cornwall]] from 1895 until 1906.<ref name=ODNB/>

In 1859 he married Rebekah Emslie (1825–1895).<ref name=ODNB/><ref name=ODNBAnnie>'Horniman, Annie Elizabeth Fredericka (1860–1937)’, [[Oxford Dictionary of National Biography]], Oxford University Press, 2004; online edn, May 2009 [http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/33993  accessed 27 Feb 2013]</ref> Their son [[Emslie Horniman|Emslie John Horniman]] (1863–1932)<ref>[[Who's Who (UK)#Who Was Who|''Who was Who 1897–2007'']]</ref> was Liberal MP for [[Chelsea (UK Parliament constituency)|Chelsea]] (1906–10). He continued to develop the museum, and was a noted art collector and patron in his own right, who rebuilt his homes at [[Burford Priory]] in [[Oxfordshire]] (under [[Walter Godfrey]]) and at Garden Corner, Chelsea (under [[C.F.A. Voysey]]). Their daughter, [[Annie Horniman]] (1860–1937), worked in theatre, being a founder of the [[Abbey Theatre]], Dublin.<ref name=ODNBAnnie/>

His first wife died in 1895, and in 1897 he married Minnie Louisa Bennett; they had two daughters.<ref name=ODNB/>

==References==
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==Further reading==
* Paterson, Clare. ''Mr. Horniman's Walrus: Legacies of a Remarkable Victorian Family'' (Michael O'Mara, 2022) {{ISBN|978-1-789-29400-2}}

==External links==
* {{Hansard-contribs | mr-frederick-horniman | Frederick John Horniman }}
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  | title  = [[Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] for [[Penryn and Falmouth (UK Parliament constituency)|Penryn and Falmouth]]
  | years  = [[1895 United Kingdom general election|1895]]–[[1906 United Kingdom general election|1906]]
  | before = [[William George Cavendish-Bentinck]]
  | after  = [[Sir John Barker, 1st Baronet|Sir John Barker]]
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