Background
Preston was born at Beeston Hall, Beeston Street Lawrence in Norfolk, the son of Sir Jacob Henry Preston, 2nd Baronet, and Amelia Prescott.
Preston was born at Beeston Hall, Beeston Street Lawrence in Norfolk, the son of Sir Jacob Henry Preston, 2nd Baronet, and Amelia Prescott.
Eton College.
He represented England in the second representative football match against Scotland in November 1870. Sir Jacob Preston, 4th Baronet (1887–1918), who succeeded him to the baronetcy. Thomas Frederick (1889–1917), who gained the rank of lieutenant in the Norfolk Yeomanry and joined the Royal Flying Corps.
He was killed in Belgium during the First World War.
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In November 1870, he and fellow Etonian Thomas Carter, were amongst six new recruits to the England football XI which played the second pseudo-international against a Scotland XI. The match was played at the Kennington Oval and ended in a 1–0 victory for the English, with fellow debutante R.S.F. Walker scoring the only goal twelve minutes from the end of the match.
Afte leaving Eton in 1871, he went up to University College, Oxford from where graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1876. He also held the office of Justice of the Peace.
He succeeded to the title of "3rd Baronet Preston, of Beeston Saint Lawrence, Norfolk" on 19 October 1891 on the death of his father.
The family lived at Beeston Hall where Henry was recorded as resident in the 1861, 1871 and 1881 censuses. In the two earlier censuses he was described as a "scholar" and in 1881 as "Magistrate & Lieutenant Militia". The family also owned the nearby Barton Hall at Barton Turf.
He died of scarlet fever and blood poisoning at Northrepps near Cromer, Norfolk on 9 January 1897, aged 45.
Preston was educated at Eton College from 1865 to 1871, where he was a member of the school rowing VIII in 1870 and 1871, and of the cricket XI in 1871. He was a member of The Prince of Wales"s Own Norfolk Artillery reaching the rank of sub-lieutenant in August 1876 and being promoted to full lieutenant two years later. There is a memorial plaque to Sir Henry and his father inside the Church of Saint Lawrence at Beeston Street Lawrence which also contains memorials to many other members of the Preston family.