Robert Horne, 1st Viscount Horne of Slamannan
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The Right Honourable The Viscount Horne of Slamannan GBE PC KC |
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Lord Horne of Slamannan, October 1925
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| Chancellor of the Exchequer | |
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In office 1 April 1921 – 19 October 1922 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | David Lloyd George |
| Preceded by | Austen Chamberlain |
| Succeeded by | Stanley Baldwin |
| President of the Board of Trade | |
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In office 19 March 1920 – 1 April 1921 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | David Lloyd George |
| Preceded by | Sir Auckland Geddes |
| Succeeded by | Stanley Baldwin |
| Minister of Labour | |
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In office 10 January 1919 – 19 March 1920 |
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| Monarch | George V |
| Prime Minister | David Lloyd George |
| Preceded by | George Henry Roberts |
| Succeeded by | Thomas James Macnamara |
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28 February 1871 Slamannan, Stirlingshire |
| Died | 3 September 1940 (aged 69) |
| Political party | Unionist |
| Alma mater | University of Glasgow |
| Profession | Advocate |
Robert Stevenson Horne, 1st Viscount Horne of Slamannan GBE PC KC (28 February 1871–3 September 1940) was a Scottish businessman, advocate and Unionist politician. He served under David Lloyd George as Minister of Labour between 1919 and 1920, as President of the Board of Trade between 1920 and 1921 and as Chancellor of the Exchequer between 1921 and 1922. In 1937 he was ennobled as Viscount Horne of Slamannan.
Horne was born at Slamannan, Stirlingshire, the son of Reverend Robert Stevenson Horne, the village's Church of Scotland minister, and Mary, daughter of Thomas Lockhead. He was educated at George Watson's College in Edinburgh and the University of Glasgow, where he studied Law and was President of the Students' Representative Council.
Horne then spent a year teaching philosophy at the University College of North Wales, before being elected to the Faculty of Advocates (Scottish Bar) in 1896. He became a successful advocate, specialising in commercial and shipping cases, and became a King's Counsel in 1910. He also served as Examiner in Philosophy (1896–1900) and Rector (1921–1924) at the University of Aberdeen. He was also a director of the Suez Canal Company, chairman of the Great Western Railway Company and director of several other companies and banks.
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