Horace Barnet | |
Fullname: | Horace Hutton Barnet |
Birth Date: | 6 March 1856 |
Birth Place: | Kensington, Middlesex, England |
Death Place: | Kensington, London, England |
Position: | Forward |
Clubs1: | Royal Engineers |
Clubs2: | Corinthian |
Nationalyears1: | 1882 |
Nationalteam1: | England |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Colonel Horace Hutton Barnet (6 March 1856 – 29 March 1941) was an English soldier and footballer.
Barnet was born on 6 March 1856 in Kensington, which was then in Middlesex.[1] He had two younger siblings, and their father worked as an East Indian merchant.[1] He attended Rugby College.[1] He was married by 1891, to an Indian woman, but was widowed by 1911.[1]
He served in the military with the Royal Engineers, rising to the rank of Colonel before retiring in the 1900s.[1] Barnet was recalled by the military during World War I.[1]
Barnet played club football for Royal Engineers and Corinthian, and was an FA Cup runner-up in 1877–78.[1]
He earned one cap for England, against Ireland on 18 February 1882.[1]
He died on 29 March 1941 in Kensington, London at the age of 85.[1]