Alfred George Horton (c.1843–11 March 1903) was a New Zealand printer, newspaper proprietor and editor, businessman. He was born in

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in . He was a part-owner of ''

The New Zealand Herald ''The New Zealand Herald'' is a daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, owned by New Zealand Media and Entertainment, and considered a newspaper of record for New Zealand. It has the largest newspaper circulation of all newspaper ...

''. He died at Auckland on 11 March 1903. Within months, his two business partners also died and ownership of the ''Herald'' went to his son, Henry Horton, later in 1903.

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