From Wikipedia:
F. J. A. Hort, was an Irish-born theologian[
He was born on 23 April 1828 in
Dublin, the great-grandson of
Josiah Hort,
Archbishop of Tuam in the eighteenth century. In 1846 he passed from
Rugby School to
Trinity College, Cambridge,
[3] where he was the contemporary of
E. W. Benson,
B. F. Westcott and
J. B. Lightfoot.
[2] The four men became lifelong friends and fellow-workers.
Brooke Foss Westcott (12 January 1825 – 27 July 1901) was a British bishop, biblical scholar and theologian, serving as
Bishop of Durham from 1890 until his death.
Westcot was more interested in all the other writings from the Jews than actually doing the Bible itself. He was a scholar in all the Sifre, Talmud, Midrash and etc of the Ancient Near East.
Hort was more of the financier of publishing and producing his works and encouraged Westcott to do all the things that were done.
Westcott's commemtary on the book of Hebrews and Jude is beyond compare as he is knowledgeable on the many other writings that were referenced in the two letters and gives us the unique and fuller insights as to what was written and why.
Neither of these men including Lightfoot or Eadie are anything but good men intending the best for the knowledge of the scriptures.
They were slandered by many who did not like the theological positions the men held because they offered proofs that shattered many of these twisted theological positions.
They had no axe to grind as they were affiliated with the Anglican Church but mostly just in name only...they really didn't like the guerilla warfare existing between the various denominations. They were avowed almost pacifists.