Henry Martineau (ne Schwab; 20 July 1904 – 23 January 1972) was a British bobsledder. He competed in the four-man event at the

1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (french: IIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; german: II. Olympische Winterspiele; it, II Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, II Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. M ...

. He attended

Eton College Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, C ...

and

Trinity College, Cambridge Trinity College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. Founded in 1546 by Henry VIII, King Henry VIII, Trinity is one of the largest Cambridge colleges, with the largest financial endowment of any college at either Cambridge ...

. His stepfather was Hubert Martineau. He married twice. In 1930 he married Constance Rosa Watney at

St George's Hanover Square St George's, Hanover Square, is an Anglican church, the parish church of Mayfair in the City of Westminster, central London, built in the early eighteenth century as part of a project to build fifty new churches around London (the Queen Ann ...

, London. They lived at Itchel Manor, Hartley Wintney, Hampshire. Constance died on 14 February 1963 at Hotel Jzum, Storchen, Zurich, Switzerland.Principal Probate Registry. Calendar of the Grants of Probate and Letters of Administration made in the Probate Registries of the High Court of Justice in England. London, England © Crown copyright.

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* 1904 births 1972 deaths British male bobsledders Olympic bobsledders for Great Britain Bobsledders at the 1928 Winter Olympics Bobsledders from Chicago People educated at Eton College Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge {{UK-bobsleigh-bio-stub