James Jardine QC (6 June 1846 – 6 January 1909) was an English first-class cricketer, academic, barrister and judge.
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| Full name | James Jardine | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 June 1846 Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 January 1909 (aged 62) St Moritz, Grisons, Switzerland | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| 1870–1874 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 18 September 2021 | |||||||||||||||
The son of William Jardine, he was born at Dunstable in June 1846. He was educated at Dunstable School, before going up to Caius College, Cambridge. He became a fellow at Caius in 1870.[1] A student of the Inner Temple, he was called to the bar in January 1871.[2] Jardine played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club on four occasions between 1870 and 1874,[3] scoring 53 runs with a highest score of 21.[4] Jardine was appointed the Perry Professor of jurisprudence at Bombay University in British India in 1877, where he later served as the dean of the Faculty of Law.[1] He was appointed a judge of the Bombay High Court in January 1886.[5] Jardine died in Switzerland at St Moritz in January 1909, following a short illness with pneumonia.[6]
References edit
- ^ a b Venn, John (1944). Alumni Cantabrigienses. Vol. 4. Cambridge University Press. p. 551. ISBN 9781108036139.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1885). Men-at-the-bar. Reeves and Turner. p. 241.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by James Jardine". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by James Jardine". CricketArchive. Retrieved 19 September 2021.
- ^ The Solicitors' Journal. Vol. 30. London: Alexander & Shepheard. 1886. p. 158.
- ^ Mr. James Jardine K.C.. Cheltenham Examiner . 7 January 1909. p. 7