Horace Bates (19 August 1793 – 14 December 1879) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1822 to 1832. Bates was born at Egerton in Kent in 1793. He was a miller and butcher who played club cricket for Lenham, Leeds and Bearsted sides. He was described as a "tall, strong and heavily built" man who hit the ball powerful but was "by no means to be depended upon". Bates married; his wife Elizabeth came from Charing. The couple had seven children. In later life he is described as being an annuitant. He died at Charing in December 1879 aged 86.