1644 Emslie Horniman

Constituency : Chelsea  1906-10

Emslie  took  Chelsea  from  the  Tories.

Emslie  was  the  son  of  Frederick  Horniman  who  had  just  stepped  down  as  MP  for  Penryn  and  Falmouth. He  was  educated  privately  and  at  Slade  School  of  Fine  Art. He  travelled  the  world  in  his  youth  and  like  his  father  collected  exotica. In  1898  he  became  a  Progressive  councillor  on  the  L.C.C.

Most  of  Emslie's  parliamentary  contributions  were  on  local  matters.

Emslie  was  defeated  in  January  1910.

In  1911  Emslie  donated  a  public  park  to  Kensington,

In  1918  Emslie  sold  the  family  company  Horniman's  Tea  to  J. Lyons  & Co.

He  died  in  1932  aged  69. He  donated  most  of  his  artworks  to  the  National  Art  Collections  Fund  and  funded  an  extension  to  the  Horniman  Museum.