Edward Bligh (cricketer, died 1872)
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| Full name | Edward Bligh | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 1797 County Meath, Ireland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 April 1872 (aged 74–75) County Meath, Ireland | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1819 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 1 January 2022 | |||||||||||||||
Edward Bligh of Brittas DL JP (1797 – 11 April 1872) was an Irish landowner who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University in the 1810s. He is recorded in one match in 1819, totaling 26 runs with a highest score of 20 and holding 4 catches.[1]
Early life[edit]
He was the second son of Thomas Cherburgh Bligh, and Lady Theodosia Bligh, daughter of John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley.
Education and cricket career[edit]
He was educated at Eton College, and matriculated in 1818 at St John's College, Cambridge.[2][3] At Cambridge, he played first-class cricket. He is recorded in one match in 1819, totaling 26 runs with a highest score of 20 and holding 4 catches.[1]
Personal life[edit]
On 9 August 1820 at Horsham, he married Sophia Eversfield (1792–1843), daughter of William Markwick, who had changed his surname to Eversfield.[4] They had two children:
- Theodosia Sophia Bligh (1821–1898),[5] who in 1850 married Edward Tredcroft, and;
- Frederick Cherburgh Bligh (1828–1901)[6] who in 1858 married Emily Matilda East, daughter of Hinton East.
References[edit]
- ^ a b "Edward Bligh". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 March 2013.
- ^ "Bligh, Edward (BLH818E)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ Edward Walford (1869). The County Families of the United Kingdom Or, Royal Manual of the Titled and Untitled Aristocracy of Great Britain and Ireland. R. Hardwicke. p. 99.
- ^ Berry, William (1830). The roll of the Royal College of Physicians of London: Continued to 1993. p. 155.
- ^ Theodosia Sophia Bligh, 19 Jul 1821; Horsham, Sussex, England England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975, p. 1141 p 143; FHL microfilm 918,273, retrieved 30 September 2016
- ^ Frederick Cherburgh Bligh, Nobber, Meath, Ireland; FHL microfilm 0962187 IT 8. Ireland Births and Baptisms, 1620-1881, retrieved 30 September 2016
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