Life
Horne was born at Otham near Maidstone, in Kent, southeast England, and received his education at Maidstone Grammar School and University College, Oxford (B.A. 1749; M.A. 1752; D.D. 1764).
In 1749, Horne became a Fellow of Magdalen College, Oxford, of which college he was elected President on 27 January 1768. He resign his post as President on 11 April 1791. He was Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1776 until 1780.
As a preacher, Horne attained great popularity, and was suspected, if inaccurately, of Methodism. In 1781 he was made Dean of Canterbury, and in 1790 was raised to the seat of Norwich. He died in Bath on 27 January 1792.
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