John Galbraith
Horn
Male
Scotland
1860-02-16
Edinburgh, Midlothian, Scotland
1925-09-10
Évian-les-Bains, France
John Galbraith Horn was born in Edinburgh on 16 February 1860, the son of Robert Horn (1810-78), an advocate and later Dean of the Faculty of Advocates, and Jane Miller Horn (née Galbraith; 1820-86). John was educated at Edinburgh Collegiate School, the University of Edinburgh and Oxford University. Like his father before him he also became an advocate. John’s brother William was also a lawn tennis player.
On 16 April 1885, in Trinity Church, Edinburgh, John Galbraith Horn married Caroline Elizabeth Leith-Buchanan, daughter of Sir George Hector Leith-Buchanan, 4th Baronet, and Eliza Caroline (née Tod). John and Caroline had two children together: Robert Victor Galbraith Horn (1886-1959), later Brigadier Horn, who served in the British Army with distinction during both world wars, and Flora Macdonald Galbraith Horn (1888-1943), who lived in France in later life.
John Galbraith Horn died in Évian-les-Bains, Haute-Savoie, in September 1925 at the age of 65.
1881 - 1893
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117
71
1887 - West of Scotland Championships (Amateur)
1885 - Fifeshire Tournament (Amateur)
1883 - Scottish Championships (Amateur)
1883 - Edinburgh University LTC (Amateur)
1882 - Scottish Championships (Amateur)
1881 - Scottish Championships (Amateur)
Round 1
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Baron De Caters
6-1
6-1
ret.
Semifinals
Edward Roy (Roy) Allen 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
6-3
6-2
6-4
Round 1
Richard Millar Watson 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
w.o.
Round 1
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
E.F. Macpherson
6-3
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
R.L. Blackburn
8-6
6-0
ret.
Semifinals
Dr Arthur Benjamin Carvosso 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
6-4
7-9
6-0
5-7
6-2
Round 1
Howard Pease 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
6-4
6-3
Round 2
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Charles Henry Martin
6-3
6-4
2-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
Arthur Wellesley Hallward 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
6-2
6-2
6-0
Round 1
Patrick Smith 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
w.o.
Round 1
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
W.R. Wilson
w.o.
Round 2
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
William Dod
6-3
3-6
6-2
Round 3
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Frederick Richard Fenwick(e) Clennell
8-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Theodore Coventry
7-5
6-4
Semifinals
Francis Seymour (Frank) Noon 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
6-2
6-0
Round 1
N.M. Farrar 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
4-6
6-1
6-4
Round 1
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Charles Robert Andrew Howden
7-5
6-2
?
6-8
6-4
Quarterfinals
Archibald Thomson 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
6-3
4-6
6-4
6-3
Round 1
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
John Arthur Jackson
6-4
6-4
Round 2
Ernest de Sylly Hamilton Browne 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
w.o.
Round 1
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Percival Clennell Fenwick
6-2
6-2
Round 2
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Wilson Pease
2-6
6-2
6-2
Quarterfinals
Theodore Coventry 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
6-4
6-1
Round 2
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Richard Millar Watson
6-4
6-3
2-6
6-3
6-4
Quarterfinals
Arthur Nevile John Story 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
7-5
6-0
1-6
10-8
Round 1
Patrick Bowes-Lyon 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
4-6
6-0
6-2
Round 1
Archibald Thomson 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
6-1
6-4
Round 1
Percival Charles Du Sautoy Leather 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
6-4
6-1
Round 1
Marmaduke Strickland Constable 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
3-6
6-4
6-3
Round 2
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
James Hill Conyers
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Archibald Thomson 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
6-0
8-6
2-6
6-2
Round 2
Toler Roberts Garvey 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
6-4
6-3
Round 1
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Alexander Blair Drynan
w.o.
Quarterfinals
Richard Millar Watson 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
6-2
6-3
Round 1
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
W.E. Chaytor
6-2
6-1
Round 2
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
R.W. Fox
w.o.
Quarterfinals
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
George Richmond Mewburn
6-1
3-6
6-1
Semifinals
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Kenneth Ramsden Marley
9-7
6-0
Final
Herbert Wilberforce 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
6-0
6-0
6-1
Quarterfinals
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
C.A. Gairdner
7-5
6-3
Semifinals
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Alfred Aitken Thomson
6-1
6-2
Final
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
James Tennant Caird MacKinlay
6-3
8-6
6-2
Round 1
G.W.M. Dundas 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
w.o.
Round 1
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Wilfred Flockton Rodgers
w.o.
Quarterfinals
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
A. Burton
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
Henry (Harry) Grove 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
6-2
6-3
Round 2
George Scott-Jackson 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
2-6
6-4
6-5
Round 1
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Philip Grove
6-0
6-2
6-2
Round 2
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
J. Muir MacDonald
6-2
6-5
6-1
Quarterfinals
Herbert Wilberforce 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
6-1
6-0
6-1
Round 2
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Arnold Harrop Wolff
4-6
6-2
6-1
Round 3
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
George Ernest Dixon Brown
6-4
1-6
6-1
Quarterfinals
Percy Bateman Brown 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
6-1
6-2
Round 2
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Thomas Wilfred Harpur
6-0
6-4
Quarterfinals
George Richmond Mewburn 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
5-6
6-4
6-5
3-0
ret.
Round 2
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
J. Rodger
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Lachlan McLachlan
5-7
6-4
6-4
Semifinals
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
George Nelson Stenhouse
5-7
6-4
6-3
Final
Alfred Aitken Thomson 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
4-6
6-4
6-1
6-1
Round 1
Arthur Godfrey Pease 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
6-3
6-2
Round 1
Archibald Thomson 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
6-1
7-5
5-7
6-3
Round 1
Howard Pease 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
4-6
6-2
6-2
Round 2
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
E.J. Bevan
Round 3
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Richard Millar Watson
?
Quarterfinals
Herbert Bowes-Lyon 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
6-1
11-9
Round 2
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Arthur Wellesley Hallward
4-6
6-5
4-6
6-5
6-3
Quarterfinals
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Harold Stapylton Greenwell
6-5
6-5
3-6
ret.
Semifinals
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
William Edwin Pease
6-1
6-2
6-3
Final
Kenneth Ramsden Marley 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
3-6
6-3
7-5
7-5
Round 1
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
C.P. Saunders
6-1
7-5
Round 2
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
P. Smith
6-1
6-0
Quarterfinals
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Charles Robert Andrew Howden
6-1
6-1
Semifinals
Thomas James Leigh MacLachlan 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
6-3
3-6
9-7
Round 1
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
J.H. Farmer
6-1
6-1
Round 2
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
G.M. Rutherford
6-0
6-3
Quarterfinals
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
C.S. Fowler
6-0
6-0
Semifinals
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
George Nelson Stenhouse
7-5
9-7
Final
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
George Kerr
6-2
6-2
Round 1
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
T.S. Murphy
6-3
6-2
6-3
Round 2
Eyre Chatterton 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
6-1
6-3
6-1
Challenge Round
Reginald Arthur Gamble 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
6-3
10-8
2-6
6-3
Round 1
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Kenneth Ramsden Marley
6-3
3-6
2-6
6-0
6-0
Round 2
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
John Francis Pease
6-3
6-0
6-0
Quarterfinals
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
E.M. Turner
6-3
6-4
6-5
Semifinals
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Norman Leslie Hallward
6-2
5-6
6-3
3-6
6-1
Final
Patrick Bowes-Lyon 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
4-6
6-1
6-3
6-1
Challenge Round
Dr Walter William Chamberlain 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
6-1
6-1
10-8
Round 1
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
H. Evelyn
6-4
6-4
Quarterfinals
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
bye
Semifinals
Maxwell John Carpendale 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
6-3
6-1
Round 1
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
J. Phillpot
6-1
6-1
6-1
Round 2
Herbert Fortescue Lawford 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
6-1
6-1
6-3
Challenge Round
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Arthur Walton Fuller
6-4
6-5
1-6
6-2
Round 1
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
H. Matthew
6-1
6-1
6-2
Round 2
Edward Lake (Teddy) Williams 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
6-5
4-6
6-2
4-6
6-5
Round 1
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
S.B. Murray
6-1
6-2
Round 2
John Redfern Deykin 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
4-6
6-3
6-4
6-5
Semifinals
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Archibald Thomson
3
sets
to
1
Final
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Arthur Walton Fuller
3
sets
to
1
Round 1
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Charles James Michod
6-2
6-3
6-4
Round 2
Francis Robert (Frank) Benson 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
6-3
1-6
6-5
3-6
6-5
Round 1
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
George Arnulph Montgomerie
6-5
6-5
Quarterfinals
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
William Horn
6-0
6-0
Final
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Francis Archibald Fairlie
6-2
4-6
6-2
6-3
Round 1
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
A.L. Payne
3-6
6-1
6-3
6-5
Round 2
O.B. Russell 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
6-2
6-1
6-2
Round 1
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
W.T. Dyne
6-0
6-0
6-0
Round 2
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Charles Walder Grinstead
1-6
6-5
6-4
3-6
6-4
Quarterfinals
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Arthur John Chitty
6-4
6-1
4-6
6-2
Semifinals
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
bye
Final
Edward Beaumont Cotton Curtis 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
3-6
6-4
6-0
3-6
7-5
Round 1
Peter Aungier 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
6-3
6-4
Round 1
James Ernest (Ernest) Renshaw 1 *
John Galbraith Horn
6-2
6-2
6-4
Round 1
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Sir James Patten MacDougall
6-3
6-1
Quarterfinals
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Captain Gosling
6-2
6-1
Semifinals
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Ninian Jamieson Finlay
6-2
6-3
Final
John Galbraith Horn 1 *
Arthur Lennox Davidson
6-1
6-5