Herbert Harington
Herbert Henry Harington (14 August 1868 – 1 January 1948) was 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 4 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 served for four years in India, including at Cawnpore, and was promoted lieutenant in 1890. After briefly returning to the UK, he served at Singapore, at that time part of the Straits Settlement, for two years. 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. He served in South Africa until March 1904 and retired from the Army at the end of the year, joining the Reserve of Officers. He was mobilized