Lord Henry Yorke Astley Loftus (9 April 1822 – 28 February 1880) was an Irish first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | Henry Yorke Astley Loftus | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 9 April 1822 Kilbride, Ireland | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 February 1880 (aged 57) Shepherd's Bush, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1841–1842 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
| 1841–1842 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 20 February 2020 | |||||||||||||||
The son of the politician John Loftus, 2nd Marquess of Ely and Anna Maria Dashwood, he was born at Kilbride in Ireland.[1] He was educated in England at Harrow School,[2] matriculating at Oriel College, Oxford in 1840, and graduating B.A. in 1843.[3] While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against Cambridge University in The University Match of 1841, with Loftus making a further appearance in 1841 for Oxford against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).[4] Loftus also played for the MCC against Cambridge Town Club at Lord's in that same season, before making to further first-class appearances in 1842, playing once each for Oxford and the MCC.[4] He scored just 21 runs in his five first-class matches, with a high score of 18.[5] Loftus later served in the Wexford Militia, being commissioned as a captain in December 1854.[6] He was declared bankrupt in 1866 and 1873.[7][8] Loftus died in England at Shepherd's Bush in February 1880, without issue.[1]
References edit
- ^ a b "Lord Henry Yorke Astley Loftus". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ Welch, Reginald Courtenay (1894). The Harrow School Register, 1800-1911. Longmans, Green. p. 156.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Henry Loftus". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Henry Loftus". CricketArchive. Retrieved 20 February 2020.
- ^ "No. 6461". The Edinburgh Gazette. 26 January 1855. p. 101.
- ^ "No. 23124". The London Gazette. 8 June 1866. p. 3401.
- ^ "No. 23993". The London Gazette. 1 July 1873. p. 3187.