Kane William Horneck


Kane William Horneck was an officer in the Royal Engineers.

Life

He was a son of William Horneck and a grandson of Anthony Horneck. He married Hannah Muggles from Devon and they had issue:
He was close friends with Edmund Burke, who on Kane's death became his daughters' guardian. Just before his death Horneck had inspected the defences of Antigua - after his death his friend and fellow engineer officer Leonard Smelt worked up Horneck's sketches and memoranda into a full report. Hannah was also a friend of Samuel Johnson and Joshua Reynolds, who painted Hannah and both her daughters.