C. Silvester (Charles Silvester) Horne

Born in Cuckfield, Sussex, on 15 April 1865, Charles Silvester Horne studied at Glasgow University and later at Mansfield College, Oxford. He became a Congregational minister and built a strong reputation as an eloquent preacher, first in Kensington and later at Whitefield's Central Mission in London.

Horne's influence reached beyond the church. He served as Liberal MP for Ipswich and was widely admired as an orator who could connect religious conviction with public questions of the time. Alongside his ministry and political work, he wrote several books, including works on David Livingstone and the history of the London Missionary Society.

He died in Toronto on 2 May 1914, at the age of 49. Though his life was relatively short, he left a mark as a preacher, public speaker, author, and religious leader; he is also remembered as the father of broadcaster Kenneth Horne.