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Clara Maclean

Clara was born in 1870 in West Hartlepool, the third child of William Maclean. In 1893, she married Matthew Henry Horsley (1867-1924), eldest son of George & Alethia Horsley of West Hartlepool, and a partner in his father's firm George Horsley & Son, a cargo and timber merchant. The Horsleys were a prominent and wealthy shipping family in the town, and George was a fellow member of Hartlepool's Shipowner Society along with William Maclean. Young Matthew went up to Christ's College, Cambridge, but appears to have left after a year. After the marriage, the young couple took up residence in "Greenbank", a house in Elwick Road in the Stranton district of West Hartlepool. Matthew Horsley subsequently became a JP and later mayor of West Hartlepool. During his lifetime he accumulated a large art collection, and was a noted philatelist. He died in 1924 after suffering a fatal heart attack on Sidmouth golf course. Clara lived until 1961. After her husband's death she moved to London to be near her daughter, and lived in some style in a succession of large apartments in Kensington and Chelsea, accompanied by several household staff. 

There were at least four children: George Horsley (1894-1955), Henry Malcolm Horsley (1897-1987), Clare Maclean Horsley (1900-1986) and Neville Horsley (1907-1972). 

Young George married Dorothy (surname unknown), probably in around 1924. They had at least two children, Annette Horsley (b 1925), and Harry Horsley (b 1926). Annette married twice, first to Bobby Carter, a celebrated local rugby player. After his early death she married Harry Fry, a rugby commentator. She had two sons, as well as two step-sons, from her husbands. Harry Horsley also married, and had a son, Miles.

Malcom Horsley married a Swiss girl, Juliana ("Juggi") De Neuville. They had no children.

Neville Horsley married Alice (known as Eiley) Emmerson, and had one daughter Caroline. She married John Malone, a West Hartlepool GP with four children from a previous marriage, who she adopted as her own. Caroline died in 1999. (Thanks to Cath Parry, Caroline's eldest step-daughter for this).

Clare Maclean Horsley married Guy Morton, a successful writer who produced a number of short stories, books and plays, mainly under the name Peter Traill. Their son Michael Morton continued the line, with two children of his own. (My thanks to Clara Maclean's great-grandson Jeremy Morton for supplying for this information. He also has a lot more background on other members of the Horsley family).