Horace Barnet
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|birth_place = Kensington, Middlesex, England
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Colonel Horace Hutton Barnet (6 March 1856 – 29 March 1941) was an English soldier and footballer.
Early and personal life
Barnet was born on 6 March 1856 in Kensington, which was then in Middlesex.{{cite web|url=http://www.englandfootballonline.com/TeamPlyrsBios/PlayersB/BioBarnetHH.html|title=Profile|accessdate=14 March 2018|publisher=England Football Online}} He had two younger siblings, and their father worked as an East Indian merchant. He attended Rugby College. He was married by 1891, to an Indian woman, but was widowed by 1911.
Military career
He served in the military with the Royal Engineers, rising to the rank of Colonel before retiring in the 1900s. Barnet was recalled by the military during World War I.
Football career
Barnet played club football for Royal Engineers and Corinthian, and was an FA Cup runner-up in 1877–78.
He earned one cap for England, against Ireland on 18 February 1882.{{Englandstats|ref=y|access-date=14 March 2018}}
Later life and death
He died on 29 March 1941 in Kensington, London at the age of 85.
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Category:English men's footballers
Category:England men's international footballers
Category:Royal Engineers A.F.C. players
Category:Corinthian F.C. players
Category:Men's association football forwards
Category:Royal Engineers officers
Category:Footballers from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea
Category:People from Kensington
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