Herbert Harington

Herbert Henry Harington (14 August 1868 – 1 January 1948) was a British Army officer and amateur cricketer.

Early life Harington was born at Chichester in Sussex in 1868, the son of Emanuel and Isabella Harington. His father was an East India Company merchant and indigo planter. He was educated at Cheltenham College, although due to ill health he only attended the school for two years.

Army career After joining the 4th (3rd Royal Surrey Militia) Battalion, East Surrey Regiment, a militia battalion, as a second lieutenant in 1886, Harington was commissioned in the regular army Lincolnshire Regiment in 1887. He was promoted captain in 1897 and served in South Africa during the Second Boer War. He was part of the force which captured Pretoria, was mentioned in dispatches and awarded the Queen's and King's South Africa Medals with five clasps. In club cricket he played for Incogniti, Free Foresters, and MCC as well as in India, and whilst in Singapore, during his army career.

Later life Harington played at the Royal Eastbourne Golf Club. He died at Tunbridge Wells in Kent in January 1948 aged 79.