The Indian Biographical Dictionary (1915)/Skipton, Horace Pitt Kennedy
Skipton, Horace Pitt Kennedy, Writer on Art, Church Literature and History and Indian Affairs; Secretary, Indian Church Aid Association, and Editor, Indian Church Magazine; b. 1861; s. of Daniel Pitt Skipton, M.R.C.S., etc.; educ: City of London School; Joined the India Police Service, 1883; joint Editor of ‘Electricity’, 1898-1904; Co-Editor, The Church-Woman; Assistant Editor, ‘Pilot’, 1902; Acting Editor, ‘Church Bells’, 1906; on the Staff of the Guardian. Publications: A little Gallery Hoppner, 1903; John Hoppner, 1905; A Song of the Celestial City, 1906; Our Reproach in India; About Some Favourite Hymns, etc. Contributes to XIX cent., Emp. Rev., The East and the West, and the Connoisseur. Recreations: Cycling and sketching. Address: 29, King Street, Covent Gardens, W.C. Church House, Westminster, W.C.; Cruden House, Bickenham, Kent. Club: Authors’.