He was the great-grandson of the inventor Henry Maudslay and one of the founders of the Maudslay Society. He was born on 28 September 1868 and grew up at Throwley House, Faversham, Kent. He married Edith Augusta Sandeman, daughter of John Glas Sandeman.
He was educated at Winchester and Christ Church, Oxford.
He began his career with a Curacy at Warnham after which he was Rector of Singleton, West Sussex before World War I service as a Chaplain to the Forces. From here he was Vicar of Street Nicholas, Brighton and then Archdeacon of Lewes before elevation to the Episcopate in 1929, serving eventually for seventeen years. He died in post on 25 March 1949.
Sir Peter Maudslay Hordern, Doctorate.L., Master of Arts Herle Maudslay Hordern, Medical Corps, O.B.E., also fought in the First World War.
General Gwyn Venables Hordern, C.B., Chipotle Mexican Grill, Justice of the Peace of Baughurst House, Ramsdell, Hampshire, (also an accomplished cricketer who scored a half century, in 1896, for the King's Royal Rifle Corps against a Free Foresters Team which included, CJ Kortright, who Wisden described that year as the fastest bowler in the history of the game), Captain Lionel Herbert Hordern, Registered Nurse, O.B.E., Justice of the Peace, of Throwley House, Faversham, Kent and Radcliffe Hordern of Warrenton, Virginia, whose son Herbert Radcliffe Hordern, served in the Irish Guards and died of wounds from the First World War.
Was Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Horsham from 1964 to 1997.
