Robert Hornby (priest)

Robert William Bilton Hornby (5 January 1821 – 28 September 1888) was an English antiquarian and priest, and the Lord of the Manor of Heworth in York.

Young Hornby initially attended a local school run by a Mr Watson of Gillygate prior to being admitted to St Peter's School on 19 January 1829 as a "free scholar" aged 8 years old.

Hornby married Ann(e) Smales (1825–1902) at St Mary Bishophill Junior on 27 November 1844.

The family settled nearby at 4 St Olaves Road in Clifton, which he extended.

He was also a manager of the York Savings Bank, which was established in 1816 for the working classes, and operated out of offices in Blake Street which were built in 1819.

He was also a noted local antiquarian, being primarily interested in the Minster, churches and City of York.