C. S. Hornabrook

Charles Soward Hornabrook (25 December 1859 – 25 September 1922), generally referred to as "C. S. Hornabrook" was an Anglican priest in the colony and State of South Australia, possibly best remembered for his work in Adelaide with St Mary Magdalene's Church and St Peter's College Mission, in Moore street, Adelaide.

He was educated at St Peter's College and joined the architectural firm of Woods and McMinn, spending two years in England furthering his education at the Royal Academy architectural schools, during which time he wrote a monograph on the history of stained glass in England,[1] read before the St George's Art Society and as Painted Glass published in The Furniture Gazette Vol.

[4] In January 1887 he left Australia to study for Holy Orders at Lincoln Theological College, where he gained first class honours in the 1889 examinations.

That same year he was ordained by Edward King, Bishop of Lincoln, and returned to Australia, and in November 1889 was sent to the Diocese of Newcastle, New South Wales.

In November 1901 Hornabrook left for St Paul's Church, Port Adelaide, where he succeeded Archdeacon Samwell as rector, and remained there for four years.

In January 1908 Bishop Harmer appointed him Archdeacon of Mount Gambier, which diocese encompassed much of the South-East, including the Deanery of Strathalbyn.

[5] It irked him that the office should go to someone with no connection to the area when there was no shortage of qualified local men,[6] though the real reason may have been Hornabrook's High Church orientation.