Born in 1838, Walker was the son of Liverpool lead merchant and mountaineer Francis Walker (1808–1872) and brother of Lucy Walker (1836–1916), the first woman to climb the Matterhorn.\n', '

Walker was President of the Alpine Club in 1891-1893.\n', '

The Horace Walker glacier and Horace Walker hut in the Southern Alps of New Zealand are named after him.\n', '

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