Horace Bleackley

Horace William Bleackley (1868 – 30 July 1931) was an English writer of fiction and works of history and literary research.

He sometimes used the pseudonym "Tivoli".

Bleackley was born in Prestwich, Lancashire, and educated at Cheltenham College, Repton School, and University College, Oxford.

His early work was mostly fiction, but as the years went by he turned his hand increasingly to history.

Bleackley married Ruth Mary Gabriel, a daughter of Edmund Gabriel, and they had four children, Edward Overall Bleackley (1898–1976); Sheelah Bleackley (born 1904), Aline Ruth Gabrielle Bleackley (1906–1954) and Horace Vivian Bleackley (1907–1983).

At the time of his death, Bleackley was living in the south of France at Villa Isabelle, Cannes. He died at the Hotel Beau Rivage in Lausanne, Switzerland, on 30 July 1931. His estate was valued at £25,432, and probate was granted to his widow and his sons Edward, a stockbroker, and Horace, a merchant.