M. H. Horsley

Matthew Henry Horsley, JP (24 June 1867 – 17 February 1925) was an English timber merchant, shipowner, and philatelist noted for his collections of Canadian and Australian stamps.

He was the appointed manager of the Mobile, owned by the Horsley Line Limited, when the ship was lost in the Atlantic with all hands (26) some time after leaving the United States for Britain on 28 December 1900.

[6] In 1906, his ship the Horsley, of 3,717 tons built in 1901, en route from Grimsby to Bombay, was reported aground at Nicok Spit according to a telegram from Suez.

He left an estate of £274,009 with probate granted to his widow, George Horsley merchant, William Share Maclean shipowner and John Collingwood Fortune chartered accountant.

[14] He left a legacy of £1,000 to the Abbey Church of St Hilda, Hartlepool, which was used for the restoration of the building.