Henry Cholmondeley
Personal information
Full name
Henry Pitt Cholmondeley
Born15 June 1820
Whitegate, Cheshire, England
Died14 April 1905(1905-04-14) (aged 84)
Broadwell, Gloucestershire, England
BattingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1844Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 8
Batting average 4.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 4
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 11 September 2021

Henry Pitt Cholmondeley (15 June 1820 – 14 April 1905) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.

The son of the Thomas Cholmondeley, 1st Baron Delamere, he was born in June 1820 at Whitegate, Cheshire.[1] He was educated at Rugby School,[2] before going up to Christ Church, Oxford. After gaining his M.A. in 1841, he became a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.[3] Cholmondley played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Oxford University at Oxford in 1844.[4] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed in the MCC first innings for 4 runs by Henry Moberly, while in their second innings he opened the batting and was dismissed for the same score by the same bowler.[5] Cholmondeley was ordained in the Church of England and from 1852 was rector at Broadwell with Adlestrop in Gloucestershire. He was made an honorary canon of Gloucester Cathedral in 1877.[3] He died at the rectory at Adlestrop in April 1905.[6] He was married to Mary Leigh, with the couple having nine children, among them the historian Lionel Berners Cholmondeley.[7]

References

  1. Dod, Charles Roger (1856). The Peerage, Baronetage, and Knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. Whittaker and Company. p. 598.
  2. Rugby School Register from 1675 to 1849. Vol. 1. A. J. Lawrence. 1881. p. 198.
  3. 1 2 Foster, Joseph (1891). "Cholmondeley, Henry Pitt". Alumni Oxonienses. Parker and Company. p. 249.
  4. "First-Class Matches played by Henry Cholmondeley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  5. "Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1844". CricketArchive. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
  6. Obituary. Manchester Courier and Lancashire General Advertiser. 18 April 1905. p. 8
  7. Hebdon, Geoffrey (2020). The Delamere Saga: The Untold Story of Royal Vale Abbey. Interactive Publications Pty, Limited. p. 133. ISBN 9781922332127.
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