Great Cricket Matches 1772-1800: The Players and The Records

THANET, Sackville Tufton, 9th Earl of (succeeded to title 27-3-1786). b. 30-6-1769, Hothfield House, Kent; d. 24-1-1825 Chalons-en-Champagne, France. Brother of Hon. H.J.Tufton (Kent, Middlesex, Surrey) and Hon. J.Tufton (Kent, Middlesex), son-in-law of Lord J.P.Sackville. Gentlemen of England, Gentlemen of Kent, MCC 1791; 1794 (5 matches) THOMPSON, – . Oldfield 1792-94 (9 matches) TIMBER, – . Oldfield 1792-95 (10 matches) TOWELL, C . MCC 1791 (1 match) TOWNSEND, – . England, Kent, West Kent 1783-84; 1786 (5 matches) TUFTON, Hon. Henry James (11th Earl of Thanet from 20-4-1832). b. 2-1-1775, Hothfield, Kent; d. 12-6-1849, Marylebone, Middlesex; buried Rainham Church, Kent. Educated: Westminster 1786; Military School, Angers, France. Whig MP for Rochester 1796-1802; Whig MP for Appleby 1826-32. High Sheriff of Westmorland 1832-49, Lord Lieutenant of Kent 1840-46. Prisoner in France 1803-15. Ensign 26th Foot 1790, Lieutenant 1793, Captain 1793. Brother of 9th Earl of Thanet (Gentlemen of England, MCC) and Hon. John Tufton (Middlesex, Kent). Wk. MCC, Surrey, Middlesex, Kent 1793-98; 1800 (60 matches); 1801 (2 matches) TUFTON, Hon. John . b. 22-11-1773, Hothfield, Kent; d. 28-5-1799; buried Rainham Church, Kent. Educated: Westminster 1786; Jesus College, Cambridge 1798. MP for Appleby 1796-99. Brother of 9th Earl of Thanet (Gentlemen of England, MCC) and Hon. H.J.Tufton (Surrey, Middlesex, Kent). MCC, Middlesex, Kent 1793; 1795-98 (48 matches) TURNBULL, – . Surrey 1796 (2 matches) TURNER, Robert . Middlesex, London, England, Old Etonians 1789; 1791-95; 1797 (21 matches) TURNER, W . Gentlemen of England, Middlesex 1789; 1795; 1798-99 (9 matches); 1801-1809 (6 matches) TWISLETON, Ven. Hon. Thomas James . b. 28-9-1770, Broughton, Oxfordshire; d. 15-10-1824, Colombo, Ceylon. Educated: Westminster 1781-88; St Mary Hall, Oxford 1789-94. Rector of Broadwell cum Addlestrop, Worcestershire, Vicar of Woodford, Northamptonshire 1796-1803; of Blakesley, Northamptonshire 1797-1824; to Ceylon 1802; Archdeacon of Colombo 1815-24. His father was Thomas, Baron Saye and Sele. Twisleton was a distant cousin of the novelist Jane Austen. In 1796, as a clergyman, he was divorced and remarried within three weeks. MCC 1794; 1796 (4 matches) TYSON, – . Educated: Eton. MCC, Old Etonians 1790; 1793 (4 matches) UPTON, General Hon. Arthur Percy . b. 13-6-1777, Castle Upton, Antrim, Ireland; d. 22-1-1855, Brighton, Sussex. Educated: Westminster 1786. Ensign 2nd Foot Guards 1793, Lieutenant and Captain 1795, Major 13th Foot 1807, Lieut.-Colonel 7th West India Regt. 1807, Captain and Lieut.-Colonel 1st Foot Guards 1807, Colonel 1814; Major-General 1821, Lieut.-General 1837; General 1851. MP for Bury St Edmunds 1818-26. His father was the 1st Lord Templetown. MCC, Middlesex 1795-98; 1800 (12 matches); 1802-1808 (24 matches) VALLANCE, John . bapt. 18-9-1759, Patcham, Sussex. Related to P. Vallance (Brighton). Brighton 1791-92 (5 matches) VALLANCE, Philip . bapt. 17-5-1761, Patcham, Sussex; d. 13-11-1825, Brighton, Sussex. Related to J. Vallance (Brighton). Brighton 1791-92 (6 matches) VECK, Richard Aubery . b. 1756, New Alresford, Hampshire; d. 13-11-1823, Bishops Waltham, Hampshire; buried Old Alresford, Hampshire. He was a hosier and haberdasher. Several documentary sources authenticate the spelling of ‘Aubery’ rather than ‘Aubrey’. Hampshire, Kent, East Kent 1776-84 (36 matches). Single Wicket: 5 matches. 27