Francis Grimston
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The Reverend Honourable Francis Sylvester Grimston (born 8 December 1822 at Gorhambury, Hertfordshire
; died 28 October 1865 at Wakes-Colne, Essex
) was an English amateur cricketer
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and Magdalene College, Cambridge
. As a cricketer, he was mainly associated with Cambridge University
and Marylebone Cricket Club
(MCC), making 18 known appearances in first-class
matches from 1843 to 1851 . He was a wicket-keeper.
He later became a clergyman, and was vicar of Wakes Colne
from 1846 to 1865.
. Three of his brothers James
, Edward
and Robert
all played first-class cricket, as did his nephews Walter Grimston
and Lord Hyde
.
Hertfordshire
Hertfordshire is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England. The county town is Hertford.The county is one of the Home Counties and lies inland, bordered by Greater London , Buckinghamshire , Bedfordshire , Cambridgeshire and...
; died 28 October 1865 at Wakes-Colne, Essex
Essex
Essex is a ceremonial and non-metropolitan county in the East region of England, and one of the home counties. It is located to the northeast of Greater London. It borders with Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, Hertfordshire to the west, Kent to the South and London to the south west...
) was an English amateur cricketer
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...
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Career
Francis Grimston was educated at HarrowHarrow School
Harrow School, commonly known simply as "Harrow", is an English independent school for boys situated in the town of Harrow, in north-west London.. The school is of worldwide renown. There is some evidence that there has been a school on the site since 1243 but the Harrow School we know today was...
and Magdalene College, Cambridge
Magdalene College, Cambridge
Magdalene College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England.The college was founded in 1428 as a Benedictine hostel, in time coming to be known as Buckingham College, before being refounded in 1542 as the College of St Mary Magdalene...
. As a cricketer, he was mainly associated with Cambridge University
Cambridge University Cricket Club
Cambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...
and Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club
Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...
(MCC), making 18 known appearances in first-class
First-class cricket
First-class cricket is a class of cricket that consists of matches of three or more days' scheduled duration, that are between two sides of eleven players and are officially adjudged first-class by virtue of the standard of the competing teams...
matches from 1843 to 1851 . He was a wicket-keeper.
He later became a clergyman, and was vicar of Wakes Colne
Wakes Colne
Wakes Colne is a village in Essex, England which sits on the River Colne. It is situated next to the villages of Chappel, with which it shares Chappel and Wakes Colne railway station.- Location :...
from 1846 to 1865.
Family
Grimston was the sixth and youngest son of James Grimston, 1st Earl of VerulamJames Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam
James Walter Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam , styled Lord Dunboyne from 1775 until 1808 and known as Viscount Grimston from 1808 to 1815, was a British peer and Member of Parliament....
. Three of his brothers James
James Grimston, 2nd Earl of Verulam
James Walter Grimston, 2nd Earl of Verulam , known as Viscount Grimston from 1815 to 1845, was a British peer and Conservative politician. He was the eldest son of James Walter Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam, and Lady Charlotte Jenkinson...
, Edward
Edward Grimston
The Honourable Edward Harbottle Grimston was an English amateur cricketer and a Conservative Party politician who held a seat in the House of Commons from 1835 to 1841.- Cricket :...
and Robert
Robert Grimston (cricketer)
The Honourable Robert Grimston was an English amateur cricketer.-Career:...
all played first-class cricket, as did his nephews Walter Grimston
Walter Grimston
Walter Edward Grimston was an English amateur cricketer.-Career:...
and Lord Hyde
Edward Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon
Edward Hyde Villiers, 5th Earl of Clarendon PC , styled Lord Hyde between 1846 and 1870, was a British Liberal Unionist politician...
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