Kane William Horneck (1726–1753)[1] was an officer in the Royal Engineers.
[2] He was a son of William Horneck and a grandson of Anthony Horneck.
He married Hannah Muggles (1727–1803) from Devon and they had issue:[3] He was close friends with Edmund Burke, who on Kane's death became his daughters' guardian.
[6] Just before his death Horneck had inspected the defences of Antigua - after his death his friend and fellow engineer officer Leonard Smelt worked up Horneck's sketches and memoranda into a full report.
[7] Hannah was also a friend of Samuel Johnson[8] and Joshua Reynolds, who painted Hannah and both her daughters.