Background
He lived at Glympton Park, near Woodstock, and was the son of George Henry Barnett (1780–1871) by his marriage to Elizabeth Canning (1777–1838), a first cousin of the Prime Minister George Canning.
He lived at Glympton Park, near Woodstock, and was the son of George Henry Barnett (1780–1871) by his marriage to Elizabeth Canning (1777–1838), a first cousin of the Prime Minister George Canning.
Christ Church; Eton College.
Henry Barnett"s education was at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, and in his youth he was a first-class cricketer. He was born and died in London, but is buried at Glympton, Oxfordshire.
19th United Kingdom Parliament. 20th United Kingdom Parliament]
He was a banker, Honorary Colonel of the Queen"s Own Oxfordshire Hussars, Alderman of Oxfordshire, and at the 1865 general election was elected as the Member of Parliament for Woodstock, holding the seat until he stood down from the House of Commons at the 1874 general election. Barnett played first-class cricket from 1836 to 1839, as a member of Marylebone Cricket Club, making four appearances and totalling 32 runs with a highest score of 17.