Henry Barnett

Henry Barnett, MP, JP, DL (14 February 1815 – 5 May 1896) was an English banker, landowner, Conservative Party politician, and magistrate. 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. Henry Barnett's education was at Eton and Christ Church, Oxford, and in his youth he was a first-class cricketer. He married Emily Ann Stratton on 18 September 1838; they had ten children, including the Reverend Herbert Walter Barnett who was Vicar of Bracknell 1886–1919.