Horace Barnet

Colonel Horace Hutton Barnet (6 March 1856 – 29 March 1941) was an English soldier and footballer.

Horace Barnet
Personal information
Full name Horace Hutton Barnet
Date of birth (1856-03-06)6 March 1856
Place of birth Kensington, Middlesex, England
Date of death 29 March 1941(1941-03-29) (aged 85)
Place of death Kensington, London, England
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Royal Engineers
Corinthian
National team
1882 England 1 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Early and personal life

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]

Military career

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]

Football career

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][2]

Later life and death

He died on 29 March 1941 in Kensington, London at the age of 85.[1]

References

  1. "Profile". England Football Online. Retrieved 14 March 2018.
  2. "Profile". England Stats. Retrieved 14 March 2018.


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