Colonel Sir Francis Arthur Marindin, KCMG (1 May 1838 – 21 April 1900) served with the Royal Engineers and was a key figure in the early development of association football.

[2] Marindin joined the Royal Engineers as an Ensign on 28 December 1854 and saw active service in the Crimean War (1855–56).

[1] As a football player, Marindin played in the first FA Cup final in 1872, which the Royal Engineers' team lost to Wanderers.

[4] This period included a replay at Derbyshire County Cricket Club's Racecourse Ground in 1886, the first time an FA Cup final had been played outside London.

He died aged 61 on 21 April 1900 at home at Hans Crescent, London S.W., and was buried on the family Scottish property at Craigflower, Torryburn, Dunfermline.