Frederick Whitfield Barrett

Major Frederick Whitfield Barrett (20 June 1875 – 7 November 1949) was an international polo player. He trained race horses for three British Monarchs George V, Edward VIII and George VI.[1]

F. W. Barrett in 1921
Olympic medal record
Men's Polo
Gold medal – first place 1920 Antwerppolo
Bronze medal – third place 1924 Parispolo

Biography

He was born on 20 June 1875 at the Barrett family home in Ireland, Silver Spring House in Lota Beg townland in County Cork.[2] The Barrett family also resided at Hastings House in Barbadoes.[3]

Barrett was in the 15th Hussars and had been a successful steeplechase rider. He began polo when his regiment went to India in 1902.

He competed on the England polo team in the 1914 and 1921 International Polo Cup.[4] The English team were victorious in 1914 ending a series of losses.[5]

He won the Roehampton Trophy for polo in 1919.

Barrett competed for Great Britain in polo at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp. The British Polo team defeated Spain in the final to win the gold medal. He also competed in polo at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris where he received the bronze medal.

On leaving the Army Barrett trained race horses. He trained Annandale, owned by Lady Glenapp, to finish third in the 1931 Grand National and to win the Scottish Grand National at Bogside the following month.[6]

He died on 7 November 1949.

Private life

Barrett was married to Honorable Isobel Caroline, Lord Kensington's daughter. The two of them lived at Wroughton Hall, Wiltshire.[7]

References
  1. "Frederick Whitfield Barrett". Olympedia. Retrieved 27 August 2021.
  2. "Birth certificate" (PDF). Irish Genealogy. Department of Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
  3. "Family Vault". Historicgraves. Retrieved 16 April 2019. The Family Vault of William Thomas and Sarah Barrett, of Silverspring, Cork: and of Hastings House, Barbadoes.
  4. "2009 Westchester Cup International High Goal Polo". Westchestercup.org. Archived from the original on 2 March 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  5. E.G.B. Fitzhamon Special Correspondent to The London Times (17 June 1914). "British View of Their Triumph - Cup Going Away From Long Island for a Pretty Long Spell, The London Times's Special Correspondent Thinks". The New York Times. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
  6. "Scottish "National": Annandale's Easy Win: Tamasha Breaks Down". The Scotsman. Edinburgh. 20 April 1931. p. 5. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  7. "Frederick Barrett Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at". Sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 1 August 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
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