Frederick W. Barrett

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Frederick W. Barrett polo
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Frederick W. Barrett (second from left) on June 1, 1914,
before the Westchester Cup , at the Meadowbrook Polo Club

nation United KingdomUnited Kingdom United Kingdom
birthday June 20, 1875
place of birth Cork, Ireland
date of death November 7, 1949
Place of death Swindon, UK
Career
discipline polo
Important successes
Westchester Cup 1914
Roehampton Trophy 1919
Medal table
Olympic rings Olympic games
gold 1920 Antwerp polo
bronze 1924 Paris polo
 

Major Frederick Whitfield Barrett (born June 20, 1875 in Cork , Ireland ; died November 7, 1949 in Swindon , United Kingdom ) was a British polo player . He also trained racehorses for the three British kings George V , Edward VIII and George VI .

Life

Barrett was the son of William Thomas Barrett. He served in the 15th Royal Hussars Regiment (15th / 19th The King's Hussars) and was a successful rider of obstacle races . He started playing polo in 1902 when he was stationed with his regiment in India.

With the English team he took part in the Westchester Cup in 1914 and 1921 . After a long series of defeats, the English team was successful in 1914. In 1919 he won the Roehampton Trophy for polo.

Barrett took part with the British team in the 1920 Olympics in Antwerp . The British team beat Spain in the final and won the gold medal. At the Olympic Games in Paris in 1924, he won the bronze medal with the British team.

After his military service, Barrett became a racehorse trainer. His horse "Annadale" won the Scottish Grand National in 1931 .

Barrett was married to Isobel Caroline Edwardes, daughter of William Edwardes, Lord Kensingtons and Grace Elizabeth Johnstone-Douglas, from August 17, 1904 . The two lived in Wroughton Hall, Wiltshire . The couple had two children:

  • Bridget Winifred Barrett (1905-1933)
  • Denis Hugh Bryan Barrett (born 1911)

Barrett died on November 7, 1949.

literature

  • Horace A. Laffaye: 10. The Olympic Games . In: Polo in Britain: A History . McFarland, Jefferson, North Carolina 2012, ISBN 978-0-7864-8980-0 , pp. 111 ff . ( books.google.de ).
  • Horace A. Laffaye: Barrett, Frederick Whitfield (Rattle) . In: The Polo Encyclopedia . 2nd Edition. McFarland, Jefferson, North Carolina 2015, ISBN 978-0-7864-9577-1 , pp. 32 ( books.google.de ).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Frederick Barrett Biography and Olympic Results. In: sports-reference.com. Retrieved March 4, 2018 .
  2. ↑ 2009 Westchester Cup International High Goal Polo . Westchestercup.org. Archived from the original on March 2, 2012. Retrieved on February 14, 2012.
  3. ^ EGB Fitzhamon: British View of Their Triumph; Cup Going Away From Long Island for a Pretty Long Spell, The London Times's Special Correspondent Thinks. In: The New York Times . June 17, 1914 ( nytimes.com ).
personal data
SURNAME Barrett, Frederick W.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Barrett, Frederick Whitfield (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English polo player
DATE OF BIRTH June 20, 1875
PLACE OF BIRTH Cork , Ireland
DATE OF DEATH November 7, 1949
Place of death Swindon , UK