Frank Lankester Horsey CB OBE DSC (22 January 1884 – 19 August 1956) was an English first-class cricketer and Royal Navy officer, serving as paymaster from 1905–39.
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| Full name | Frank Lankester Horsey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 22 January 1884 Woodbridge, Suffolk, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 19 August 1956 (aged 72) Hide Stile, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Horsey was born in Suffolk at Woodbridge in January 1884, son of F. J. Horsey, of the Inland Revenue Service.[1] He was employed as a clerk in the Admiralty, with promotion to the rank of assistant paymaster coming in January 1905.[2] Horsey made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Royal Navy against the British Army cricket team at Lord's in 1914.[3] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed in the Royal Navy first-innings for 15 runs by William Parker, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 8 runs by Francis Wilson. He took two wickets in the Army's second-innings, dismissing Charles Loyd and Harold Fawcus to finish with figures of 2 for 17 from ten overs.[4] During the First World War, he was promoted to the rank of paymaster in November 1916 and in April 1917 he received the Distinguished Service Cross.[5][6] He was made an OBE in the 1919 Birthday Honours, for valuable services to Rear-Admiral John Laurd.[7] He was promoted to the rank of paymaster commander in November 1922.[8] He was made a companion of the Order of the Bath in the 1931 Birthday Honours,[9] with promotion to the rank of paymaster captain following in June 1933.[10] Horsey retired from active service in January 1939 and died at Surrey in August 1956.[11] He had married in 1917, Ada, daughter of E. H. Hearn.[12] Their son, Dr Peter John Horsey, was of Downside House, Winchester, Hampshire; he married Rosemary Heaton-Ellis, of that gentry family of Wyddial Hall.[13]
References edit
- ^ Who was Who: A Companion to Who's Who 1951-1960, A. & C. Black, 1961, p. 544
- ^ "No. 27772". The London Gazette. 7 March 1905. p. 1845.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Frank Horsey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ "Army v Royal Navy, 1914". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
- ^ "No. 29853". The London Gazette. 8 December 1916. p. 11970.
- ^ "No. 13081". The Edinburgh Gazette. 24 April 1917. p. 786.
- ^ "No. 31398". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 June 1919. p. 7510.
- ^ "No. 32774". The London Gazette. 5 December 1922. p. 8611.
- ^ "No. 33722". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1931. p. 3625.
- ^ "No. 33957". The London Gazette. 4 July 1933. p. 4475.
- ^ "No. 34593". The London Gazette. 27 January 1939. p. 605.
- ^ Who was Who: A Companion to Who's Who 1951-1960, A. & C. Black, 1961, p. 544
- ^ Burke's Landed Gentry, 18th ed., vol. 1, 1965, p. 227