Christopher Horton (businessman)

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 a great-grandson of newspaper proprietor Alfred Horton. He was a second cousin of newspaper publisher and philanthropist Michael Horton.[5]

He 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

  1. 1 2 "Christopher Tait Horton CBE JP". HeavenAddress. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Mix of talents recognised". New Zealand Herald. 31 December 1993. p. 4.
  3. 1 2 "Births". New Zealand Herald. 12 November 1938. p. 1. Retrieved 21 February 2015.
  4. ↑ "Chris Horton dies". New Zealand Herald. 18 February 2015. Retrieved 22 February 2015.
  5. ↑ "Staid business becomes sexy". National Business Review. 21 July 1995. p. 45.
  6. ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 53528. p. 34. 31 December 1993. Retrieved 21 February 2015.


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