Sir Francis Weatherby MC (15 September 1885 – 17 November 1969) was an English cricketer, later a soldier and horse racing official.
[1] Weatherby made a single Minor Counties Championship appearance for Buckinghamshire in 1902 against Berkshire.
[3] In this match, he scored a single run in the Gentlemen first-innings, before being dismissed by Francis Henley.
[5] During World War I Weatherby served with the Queen's Own Oxfordshire Hussars and was awarded the Military Cross in 1918 "for conspicuous gallantry and devotion to duty.
Francis Weatherby was Secretary to the Jockey Club from 1930 to 1952 and after retiring was knighted in the 1953 New Year Honours.