Edward William Horton (1907-2004) was a minister with The United Church of Canada. He was born in Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England. He received a B.A. from the University of British Columbia in 1929. He was ordained by British Columbia Conference in 1932. Throughout his career he served at many places in British Columbia: Giscome (1932), Victoria (1935-1936), Murrayville (1937-1940), Windsor United Church, Vancouver (1947-1950), West Burnaby United Church (1951-1957), and Ontario: Queen Street United Church, Kingston (1958-1964), Douglas-Eganville Charge (1965-1969), Calvin United Church, Pembroke (1970-1976), and Picton United Church, Picton (1977-1989). He attended the University of Edinburgh from 1933-1934, Mansfield College Oxford in 1934, and received a B.D. from Emmanuel College, Toronto in 1947. He was, at one time, President of the Bay of Quinte Conference. During World War II he served as a chaplain with the Royal Canadian Chaplain Corps in from 1941-1946. He was first posted in B.C., then in August 1941 was sent overseas to serve with the Royal Winnipeg Rifles of the 3rd Canadian Infantry Division. He landed at Juno Beach on D-Day in 1944 and shortly after was seconded as a chaplain for the Royal Canadian Army Corps. Upon his return to Canada, he was Padre of the Seaforth Highlanders Militia Regiment in 1948-1958, and a Royal Canadian Legion Chaplain at Eganville, Ontario (1965-1969), and Picton (1978-1997). He died in 2004.