Background
Warriner was born at Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.
Warriner was born at Chipping Norton, Oxfordshire.
He was educated at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge, where he rowed with the First Trinity Boat Club and was a member of the Pitt Club.
They recorded a time of 6:36.0 in the final to beat the United States. crew by 1 second. He was also in the winning Cambridge boat in Boat Races of 1928, 1929 and 1930. He was President of the Cambridge University Boating Club in his last year.
He was in winning crews at Henley Royal Regatta in the Visitors" Challenge Cup in 1928 and the Stewards" Challenge Cup and the Ladies" Challenge Plate in 1929.
In 1930 Warriner went into colonial service with the Sudan Government. He returned to England in 1934 and went into business as an engineer
During World World War II he was initially with the Indian Army but then served as a Lieutenant Colonel in the Royal Engineers in Greece and the Middle East. He was awarded the Administration Member of the Order of the British Empire in 1945.
He was Deputy Lieutenant of Warwickshire and an alderman of Warwickshire County Council.
In 1972, was chairman of the council. Warriner died at Shipston-on-Stour, Warwickshire at the age of 77.