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Full name | Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | 11 May 1881 Westminster, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 28 August 1918 Bayonvillers, Somme, France | (aged 37)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bowling | Right-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Relations |
Sir John Heathcoat-Amory (brother) Henry Stanley (uncle) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1902–1903 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
1902–1910 | Devon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 4 May 2020 |
Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory (11 May 1881 – 25 August 1918) was an English first-class cricketer and soldier.
Heathcoat-Amory was born at Westminster on 11 May 1881. He was a son of Sir John Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Baronet and the former Henrietta Mary Unwin. [1] His brother John and uncle Henry Stanley both played first-class cricket.
He was educated at Eton College, before going up to Christ Church, Oxford. [2]
While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against Surrey at Oxford in 1902. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1903, making six appearances. [3] He scored a total of 76 runs in his six matches, with a high score of 26. [4] With his right-arm fast bowling, he took 9 wickets at an average of 18.33 and with best figures of 4 for 55. [5] In addition to playing first-class cricket, Heathcoat-Amory also appeared in three minor counties matches for Devon spread between 1902–10. [6]
After graduating from Oxford in 1904, he time touring South Africa, India, Australia and New Zealand with Edward Wood, the future 1st Earl of Halifax. [2] Heathcoat-Amory served in the First World War with the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry, which was attached to the Royal Artillery. [7] He was made a temporary a lieutenant in December 1914, [8] while in June 1915 he was made a temporary captain and the following year he was made a temporary major. [9] [7] He was promoted to the full rank of lieutenant in June 1917. [10]
In July 1911, he married Mary Stuart Bannatyne, a daughter of James Fitzgerald Bannatyne of Haldon House. Before his death in 1918, they had three children. [1]
Heathcoat-Amory died of wounds received in action at Bayonvillers in France on 25 August 1918. [7]
Through his youngest son Edgar, he was posthumously a grandfather of Michael FitzGerald Heathcoat Amory (who married Arabella ( née von Hofmannsthal) von Westenholz, former wife of Baron Piers von Westenholz), and Amanda Mary Heathcoat-Amory (who married Simon Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns). [11]