George Horner (died 1707)

George Horner (1646 – 11 March 1707) of Mells Manor in Somerset, was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons between 1685 and 1689.

[1] In 1685, Horner was elected Member of Parliament for Somerset but made no entry in the records.

[2] He was commissioner for assessment for Somerset from 1689 to 1690 and restored as Deputy Lieutenant as well JP from 1689 to his death.

[3] He was the second son of Hugh Fortescue (1592/3-1663) of Filleigh in Devon (ancestor of Earl Fortescue and Earl Clinton), by his wife Mary Rolle, a daughter of Robert Rolle (died 1633) of Heanton Satchville, Petrockstowe, Devon.

[4] By Elizabeth Fortescue he had three sons and four daughters, including: Horner died at the age of 60 and was buried at Mells.

Arms of Horner: Sable, three talbots passant argent . Statues of talbot hounds appear as decorative features at Mells Manor, and on the sign of the Talbot Inn, Mells
Mural monument in St Andrews Church, Mells, Somerset, to three daughters of George Horner by his wife Elizabeth Fortescue
Arms of Fortescue: Azure, a bend engrailed argent plain cotised or