Henry Bruen (26 July 1856 – 26 December 1927) was an Irish first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
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| Full name | Henry Bruen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 July 1856 Oak Park, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 26 December 1927 (aged 71) Oak Park, Leinster, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The son of the politician Henry Bruen and his wife, Mary Margaret Conolly, he was born at the family estate Oak Park in County Carlow.[1] He was educated in England at Harrow School,[2] before attending the Royal Military Academy, Woolwich.[1] He graduated from Woolwich in February 1877, entering into the Royal Artillery with the temporary rank of lieutenant.[3] His commission to lieutenant was made permanent in March 1878.[4] Bruen later toured North America in September 1885 with a team formed by the Devon amateur E. J. Sanders, making two first-class appearances on the tour against the Gentlemen of Philadelphia at Germantown.[5] He met with success in his second first-class match of the tour, taking figures of 6 for 54 with the ball in the Gentlemen of Philadelphia second-innings.[6] The following year he married Agnes Mary MacMorrough Kavanagh, the daughter of Arthur MacMurrough Kavanagh, with the couple having one son.[1] In the same year he served as the High Sheriff of Carlow, and later served as the High Sheriff of Wexford in 1909.[7] Bruen died at Oak Park in December 1927.
References edit
- ^ a b c "Henry Bruen". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ Welch, Reginald Courtenay (1894). The Harrow School Register, 1801-1893. Longmans, Green. p. 443.
- ^ "No. 24438". The London Gazette. 27 March 1877. p. 2265.
- ^ "No. 24561". The London Gazette. 12 March 1878. p. 1943.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Henry Bruen". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "Gentlemen of Philadelphia v EJ Sanders' XI, EJ Sanders' XI in North America 1885". CricketArchive. Retrieved 27 August 2019.
- ^ "Index to High Sheriffs, Sheriffs and Wardens". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 27 August 2019.