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| Full name | Henry Berney Caldwell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 1805 Hawkhurst, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 January 1873 (aged 67) Monkton Farleigh, Wiltshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | George Caldwell (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1832 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Henry Berney Caldwell JP (April 1805 – 17 January 1873) was an English first-class cricketer.
The son of Ralph Caldwell, he was born at Hawkhurst in April 1805. He was educated at King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds, leaving before 1817 to attend Eton College. [1] From Eton he went up to St Mary Hall, Oxford. [2] He later played first-class cricket in 1832, making four appearances for the Marylebone Cricket Club and one appearance for All-England against Sussex. [3] His five appearances yielded him little success, with 11 runs and one wicket. [4] [5] Beyond first-class cricket, he was also associated with the Norfolk county teams. [6] Caldwell served in the Norfolk Yeomanry, holding the rank of captain in 1832. [7] He also held the offices of justice of the peace for Norfolk and Wiltshire, [1] having moved to Wiltshire later in his life, where he was resident at Lackham House. [1] A member of the Royal Agricultural Society of England, he judged the implements competition at the Royal Agricultural Show when it was held at Salisbury in 1857. [8] He served on the council of the Royal Agricultural Society in 1860–61. [9] Caldwell died in Wiltshire at Monkton Farleigh in January 1873. [10] His brother, George, also played first-class cricket.
References
- ^ a b c Hervey, Sydenham Henry Augustus (1908). Bury St. Edmunds Grammar School List 1550–1900. Bury St. Edmunds: Paul & Mathew. p. 57.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1891). Alumni Oxonienses. Parker and Company. p. 209.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Berney Caldwell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Berney Caldwell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Berney Caldwell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "Teams Berney Caldwell played for". CricketArchive. Retrieved 22 April 2021.
- ^ "No. 19611". The London Gazette. 27 April 1838. p. 977.
- ^ Murray, John (1857). Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society. Vol. 18. Royal Agricultural Society of England. p. 533.
- ^ Journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England. Vol. 21. Royal Agricultural Society of England. 1860. p. 267.
- ^ Obituary. Bath Chronicle and Weekly Gazette. 23 January 1873. p. 5
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- 1805 births
- 1873 deaths
- People from Hawkhurst
- People educated at King Edward VI School, Bury St Edmunds
- People educated at Eton College
- Alumni of St Mary Hall, Oxford
- English cricketers
- Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
- Non-international England cricketers
- English justices of the peace
- Cricketers from Kent