{{short description|English cricketer}} {{Use dmy dates|date=February 2016}} {{Use British English|date=February 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = Horatio Dumbleton | image = | country = England | fullname = Horatio Norris Dumbleton | nickname = | birth_date = {{Birth date|1858|10|23|df=yes}} | birth_place = Ferozepore, Punjab, British India | death_date = {{Death date and age|1935|12|18|1858|10|23|df=yes}} | death_place = Winchester, Hampshire, England | heightft = | heightinch = | batting = Right-handed | bowling = Unknown-arm underarm slow | club1 = Hampshire | year1 = 1884 | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 1 | runs1 = 16 | bat avg1 = 8.00 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 9 | deliveries1 = 14 | wickets1 = 0 | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = –/– | date = 14 December | year = 2009 | source = http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/content/player/11952.html Cricinfo }}
'''Horatio Norris Dumbleton''' (23 October 1858 – 18 December 1935) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
The son of the British Army General Charles Dumbleton, he was born in British India at Ferozepore in October 1858. Like his father, Dumbleton sought a military career and attended the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich. He graduated from there into the Royal Engineers as a lieutenant in October 1877.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=24581|date=14 May 1878|page=3045}}</ref> Dumbleton played services cricket for the Royal Engineers, meeting with some success. In mid-August 1884, he scored 325 runs for them in a total of 676 for 4 against the Royal Marines at Portsmouth.<ref>{{cite magazine |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Pavilion Gossip |url=https://archive.acscricket.com/cricket/1884/404/index.html#zoom=z |magazine=Cricket |page=364 |date=21 August 1884 |access-date=6 April 2023}}</ref> This likely contributed to his selection in the Hampshire team at the end of August for a first-class fixture against Somerset at Bath.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/6/6571/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Horatio Dumbleton|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=6 April 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 7 runs in Hampshire's first innings by Ted Sainsbury, while following-on in their second innings he was run out for 9.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/2/2887.html|title=Somerset v Hampshire, 1884|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=6 April 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref>
In the Royal Engineers, Dumbleton was promoted to captain in April 1888.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=25815|date=11 May 1888|page=2698}}</ref> By 1890, he was an assistant instructor at the Royal School of Military Engineering,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26050|date=13 May 1890|page=2761}}</ref> and was appointed chief instructor at the School of Submarine Mining in August 1895.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=26656|date=27 August 1895|page=4863}}</ref> He was appointed Inspector of Submarine Defences at Headquarters in February 1901 (at which point he held the rank of major),<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27285|date=15 February 1901|page=1156}}</ref> later vacating this appointment in March 1905.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27770|date=3 March 1905|page=1578}}</ref> He was promoted to lieutenant colonel in July 1906,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27931|date=13 July 1906|page=4808}}</ref> before being appointed a brevet colonel in July 1909.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28269|date=9 July 1909|page=5284}}</ref> He retired from active service in July 1911.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28510|date=4 July 1911|page=4935}}</ref> Dumbleton died at Winchester on 18 December 1935.<ref>{{cite news|title=Wills and Bequests |newspaper=The Times |issue=47302 |page=17 |location=London |date=19 February 1936}}</ref>
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