Samuel Hordern
1849 - 1909 (59 years)
Has 6 ancestors and 17 descendants in our family tree.
1846 - 1919 (73 years)-
Name Samuel Hordern Born 14 Jul 1849 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 
Gender Male Died 1909 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Siblings 4 siblings + 1. Anthony Hordern
b. 24 Jul 1842, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
d. 1886 (Age 43 years)▻ Elizabeth Mary Bull , m. 18642. Harriet Hordern
b. 1844, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
d. 1904, Liverpool, New South Wales, Australia (Age 60 years)3. Hannah Hordern
b. 1846, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
d. 1884, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Age 38 years)4. Thomas Gilbert Hordern
b. 1853
d. 1858 (Age 5 years)Notes - Samuel was born on 14 July 1849 at Sydney. Educated at Fort Street School and Camden College, he joined his father's firm at 17 and in 1886 paid £158,252 for Anthony's share, becoming sole proprietor of 'Anthony Hordern and Sons, Universal Providers, Palace Emporium, Haymarket [ONLY]', to distinguish it from five other competing Hordern shops in Sydney.
On 10 July 1901 fire destroyed all the Haymarket complex but Samuel leased the Exhibition building and opened there next day.
In 1905 he had new premises on Brickfield Hill. He was generous to his staff of over 4000 and provided a cafeteria and other amenities. City and suburban land speculation added to his wealth and his success brought comments on his 'glorified sockselling' and 'insolent monopoly'.
Samuel gave privately to many charities. A federalist and imperialist, he gave £10,000 to the Dreadnought Fund. In 1892 he was commodore of the Prince Alfred Yacht Club and an active member of the Royal Sydney Yacht Squadron. His love of the country led him in the 1880s to buy Wilton Park, Picton, and in 1887 to build Retford Park, near Bowral, where he bred Jersey and Ayrshire cattle. After wining the Sydney Cup in 1893 with Realm and the Metropolitan in 1896 with The Skipper, he concentrated on breeding horses. He kept homing pigeons and was vice-president of the Royal Agricultural Society.
Samuel died at Darling Point on 13 August 1909 and was buried in the Anglican section of Rookwood cemetery. He was survived by four of his five sons, by four daughters and by his wife Jane Maria, nee Booth, whom he had married on 11 November 1875 at Sydney. In 1910 his estate of £2,925,925 was upheld by the Privy Council after two sons of Anthony had tried to upset the 1878 deed of partnership.
Samuel's eldest son, Sir Samuel Hordern (1876-1956), became governing director of Anthony Hordern and Sons when it was made a private company in 1912.
Person ID I14820 Mitchell Families Last Modified 1 Oct 2010
Father 
Anthony Hordern (ID:I14778)
b. 16 Jul 1819, London, England
d. 1876, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Age 56 years) Mother Harriet Marsden (ID:I14816)
b. 1821
d. 18 Jan 1871, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Age 50 years) Married 1841 Windsor, New South Wales, Australia Family ID F3720 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Jane Maria Booth (ID:I14823)
b. 1858
d. 1945 (Age 87 years)Married 11 Nov 1875 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Age at Marriage He was 26 years and 4 months - She was 17 years and 11 months Children + 1. Sir Samuel Hordern (ID:I14824)
b. 1876, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
d. 1956, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Age 80 years)2. Jane Maude Hordern (ID:I14825)
b. 1878
d. 1956, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia (Age 78 years)3. Harriet Hordern (ID:I14826)
b. 1880
d. 1945 (Age 65 years)
4. Minnie Sarah Hordern (ID:I24796)
b. 1882, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
d. 15 Aug 1931, Newtown, New South Wales, Australia (Age 49 years)5. John Booth Hordern (ID:I14828)
b. 18846. Priscilla Hordern (ID:I14829)
b. 18867. Anthony Hordern (ID:I14830)
b. 1889
d. 1970 (Age 81 years)+ 8. Lebbeus Hordern (ID:I14831)
b. 1891, Woollahra, New South Wales, Australia
d. 10 Sep 1928, Darling Point, New South Wales, Australia (Age 37 years)Last Modified 11 Feb 2014 Family ID F3722 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- Samuel was born on 14 July 1849 at Sydney. Educated at Fort Street School and Camden College, he joined his father's firm at 17 and in 1886 paid £158,252 for Anthony's share, becoming sole proprietor of 'Anthony Hordern and Sons, Universal Providers, Palace Emporium, Haymarket [ONLY]', to distinguish it from five other competing Hordern shops in Sydney.
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Born - 14 Jul 1849 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia 
Married - 11 Nov 1875 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Died - 1909 - Sydney, New South Wales, Australia = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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