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]
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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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| 1819 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||
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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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