J. Horace Round

(John) Horace Round (22 February 1854 – 24 June 1928) was a historian and genealogist of the English medieval period.

[6] He contributed to many publications (most notably The Complete Peerage, the Dictionary of National Biography (first edition) and the Victoria County History (VCH)) and was the author of several significant works.

He pursued disputes with other academics vigorously, and on more than one occasion, the level of acrimony was sufficiently high that the editor was forced to close correspondence on the subject.

[7] His feud with Hubert Hall relating to the publication in 1897 of the 13th-century Red Book of the Exchequer (on which Round had originally been co-editor) became particularly acerbic.

[10] He was recognised as a leading authority on medieval and later genealogy and was awarded an honorary LLD by the University of Edinburgh in February 1905.

[11] He advised the Court of Claims and Committee for Privileges of the House of Lords on matters concerning the coronation of King Edward VII.

Round contracted a chronic illness some time after coming down from Oxford, and his handwriting progressively deteriorated over the years.