Michael Charles St John Hornby (2 January 1899 – 7 December 1987) was vice chairman of WHSmith, the British retail chain, for over 20 years.
[1] In 1960, following the verdict in favour of Penguin Books and the subsequent publication of Lady Chatterley's Lover, Hornby commented, "It will be stocked but it will not be on display.
"[2] He married Nicolette Joan Ward (died 1988), the daughter of Captain Hon.
Cyril Augustus Ward and Baroness Irene de Brienen, the granddaughter of the 1st Earl of Dudley, on 15 November 1928.
They lived at Pusey House, Faringdon, Berkshire, and had children: Hornby died in December 1987.