Christopher Tait Horton CBE JP (11 November 1938 – 12 February 2015) was a New Zealand company director and sharebroker. [1] [2]
Born in Auckland in 1938 [3] and educated at King's College, [4] Horton was the son of Sheila Marie (née Figgis) and Ian Chisholm Horton, [3] and he was a great-grandson of newspaper proprietor Alfred Horton. He was a second cousin of newspaper publisher and philanthropist Michael Horton. [5]
Horton served as chair of the Fishing Industry Board, [2] and was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to business management, in the 1994 New Year Honours. [6] He died at Ruakaka in 2015, aged 76. [1]
References
- ^ a b "Christopher Tait Horton CBE JP". HeavenAddress. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ^ a b "Mix of talents recognised". New Zealand Herald. 31 December 1993. p. 4.
- ^ a b "Births". New Zealand Herald. 12 November 1938. p. 1. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ^ "Chris Horton dies". New Zealand Herald. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
- ^ "Staid business becomes sexy". National Business Review. 21 July 1995. p. 45.
- ^ "No. 53528". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 31 December 1993. p. 34.
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Christopher Tait Horton CBE JP (11 November 1938 – 12 February 2015) was a New Zealand company director and sharebroker. [1] [2]
Born in Auckland in 1938 [3] and educated at King's College, [4] Horton was the son of Sheila Marie (née Figgis) and Ian Chisholm Horton, [3] and he was a great-grandson of newspaper proprietor Alfred Horton. He was a second cousin of newspaper publisher and philanthropist Michael Horton. [5]
Horton served as chair of the Fishing Industry Board, [2] and was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire, for services to business management, in the 1994 New Year Honours. [6] He died at Ruakaka in 2015, aged 76. [1]
References
- ^ a b "Christopher Tait Horton CBE JP". HeavenAddress. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ^ a b "Mix of talents recognised". New Zealand Herald. 31 December 1993. p. 4.
- ^ a b "Births". New Zealand Herald. 12 November 1938. p. 1. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
- ^ "Chris Horton dies". New Zealand Herald. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
- ^ "Staid business becomes sexy". National Business Review. 21 July 1995. p. 45.
- ^ "No. 53528". The London Gazette (2nd supplement). 31 December 1993. p. 34.
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