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Well, I'm used to seeing two middle names - we all know that's becoming more common in the U.S. If they're beginning to adopt three middle names it could possibly be (as you said) copying royalty or trying to thwart Americans from copying the Brits. Heck, if I ever have kids I'm planning to give them two middle names. Part of that is because I like the British practice, but part of that is also desiring to resurrect a 19th century family naming convention. Even today it's not unheard of for a cousin or two in my family to have more than one middle name.
That's interesting about Tarka. For some reason I thought it might be a variation on Tarkan.
And yes, I can't reiterate as often as I'd like how much I hate Horace. Horatio is bad*ss though, and I really like Horatio Hornblower and hope to one day finish both the A&E and book series.