Name Samuel Hordern | Education Sydney Grammar School | |
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Died June 3, 1956, Darling Point, Sydney, Australia | ||
Sir Samuel Hordern KBE (24 September 1876–3 June 1956) was an Australian businessman. Educated at Sydney Grammar School and Bath College, England he directed the Hordern family company Anthony Hordern & Sons for more than fifty years.
History
Samuel Hordern directed the company that employed more than 4000 people in its store and mail-order business, imported, manufactured and sold a vast range of merchandise from 1909 until its sale to public investors in 1926. He was a keen cattle, dog and horse breeder, and owner of racehorses, including the 1919 Melbourne Cup winner 'Artilleryman'.
Hordern was president of the Royal Agricultural Society of New South Wales (1915-1941) and developed the Sydney Royal Easter Show into a world class event. Prominent in the Chamber of Commerce and many other business associations, he was also a director of the Commonwealth Bank.
The Hordern Pavilion at the Sydney Showgrounds was built in 1924 to commemorate the Hordern family business.
Samuel Hordern was knighted twice; once as a Knight Bachelor, and again as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire.
Today the Hordern business empire is being carried by Samuel B. Hordern IV who lives in Bellevue Hill, Sydney.