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Frank Horsey
Personal information
Full name
Frank Lankester Horsey
Born22 January 1884
Woodbridge, Suffolk, England
Died19 August 1956(1956-08-19) (aged 72)
Hide Stile, Surrey, England
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast-medium
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 23
Batting average 11.50
100s/50s –/–
Top score 15
Balls bowled 60
Wickets 2
Bowling average 8.50
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 2/17
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 31 August 2019

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.

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

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  1. ^ Who was Who: A Companion to Who's Who 1951-1960, A. & C. Black, 1961, p. 544
  2. ^ "No. 27772". The London Gazette. 7 March 1905. p. 1845.
  3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Frank Horsey". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Army v Royal Navy, 1914". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 August 2019.
  5. ^ "No. 29853". The London Gazette. 8 December 1916. p. 11970.
  6. ^ "No. 13081". The Edinburgh Gazette. 24 April 1917. p. 786.
  7. ^ "No. 31398". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 June 1919. p. 7510.
  8. ^ "No. 32774". The London Gazette. 5 December 1922. p. 8611.
  9. ^ "No. 33722". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 June 1931. p. 3625.
  10. ^ "No. 33957". The London Gazette. 4 July 1933. p. 4475.
  11. ^ "No. 34593". The London Gazette. 27 January 1939. p. 605.
  12. ^ Who was Who: A Companion to Who's Who 1951-1960, A. & C. Black, 1961, p. 544
  13. ^ Burke's Landed Gentry, 18th ed., vol. 1, 1965, p. 227
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