Lionel Gough Arbuthnot
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Major Lionel Gough Arbuthnot, MBE
played first-class
cricket
on a tour of the West Indies organised and captained by R. A. Bennett
in 1901-02.
His best match, and that of the whole team, was the second of the "international" fixtures he played in against the West Indies at Georgetown, Guyana
, when he made his top score of 17 not out
and shared in a 10th wicket partnership of 43 with wicketkeeper Arthur Whatman, who was captaining the side in Bennett's absence. The touring team won the match by an innings and 330 runs. He played cricket, RA Bennett's XI cricket team in West Indies in 1901-02
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; MBE
3 June 1919; Temp Lt Lanc Fus transferred to General List ADC 10 Jun 1918. Temp Major Labour Corps to be temp Lt-Col while employed as Army Burial Officer 23 Dec 1918. He relinquished his commission (temp Capt, ADC personal staff, general list) and was appointed temp Lt 23 Jan 1919. He relinquished his commission (temp Major, Capt ret'd pay) and retains the rank of Major 20 Jun 1919. He relinquished his commission (temp Lt, 4th Bn Sussex Reg't) 5 July 1921. Brigadier-General, Royal Fusiliers. Order of the White Eagle (Serbia) 5th class.
) and Caroline, née Molyneux.
Educated Harrow School
1882-86. Partner Arbuthnot Latham & Co
1896-1906.
Married, first, 18 April 1894, Violet Rebecca Morris (died 11 November 1951), daughter of Sir John Henry Morris, KCSI of South Kensington. Divorced 1913. Lionel married second, 9 June 1927, Ada Ellen Brunker (born c.1875, died 15 March 1963), daughter of Lt-Colonel H.M.G. Brunker (the Cameronians) and formerly the wife of James Thomas Sydenham.
MBE
MBE can stand for:* Mail Boxes Etc.* Management by exception* Master of Bioethics* Master of Bioscience Enterprise* Master of Business Engineering* Master of Business Economics* Mean Biased Error...
played 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...
cricket
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...
on a tour of the West Indies organised and captained by R. A. Bennett
Richard Bennett (cricketer)
Richard Alexander Bennett was an English cricketer who played for Hampshire from 1896 to 1899...
in 1901-02.
Cricket career
Arbuthnot was not part of the official touring party which had just 11 players, but appeared in seven of the 13 first-class matches, including two of the games against teams representing the combined West Indies. He batted at No 11 in all but one of his seven games and he did not bowl.His best match, and that of the whole team, was the second of the "international" fixtures he played in against the West Indies at Georgetown, Guyana
Bourda
The Bourda is a cricket ground in Georgetown, Guyana, used by the Guyanese cricket team for matches with other nations in the Caribbean as well as some Test matches involving the West Indies. Located in Bourda in Georgetown, Guyana, between Regent Street and North Road, it is home to the Georgetown...
, when he made his top score of 17 not out
Not out
In cricket, a batsman will be not out if he comes out to bat in an innings and has not been dismissed by the end of the innings. One may similarly describe a batsman as not out while the innings is still in progress...
and shared in a 10th wicket partnership of 43 with wicketkeeper Arthur Whatman, who was captaining the side in Bennett's absence. The touring team won the match by an innings and 330 runs. He played cricket, RA Bennett's XI cricket team in West Indies in 1901-02
RA Bennett's XI cricket team in West Indies in 1901-02
After a gap of 5 years the fourth team of English cricketers toured the West Indies in the 1901-02 season. The team was captained by Mr. R.A. Bennett and, like the earlier tourists, consisted solely of Amateurs. They played a total of 19 matches, of which 13 are regarded as first class, between...
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Military career
Captain, Lancashire FusiliersLancashire Fusiliers
The Lancashire Fusiliers was a British infantry regiment that was amalgamated with other Fusilier regiments in 1968 to form the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers.- Formation and early history:...
; MBE
MBE
MBE can stand for:* Mail Boxes Etc.* Management by exception* Master of Bioethics* Master of Bioscience Enterprise* Master of Business Engineering* Master of Business Economics* Mean Biased Error...
3 June 1919; Temp Lt Lanc Fus transferred to General List ADC 10 Jun 1918. Temp Major Labour Corps to be temp Lt-Col while employed as Army Burial Officer 23 Dec 1918. He relinquished his commission (temp Capt, ADC personal staff, general list) and was appointed temp Lt 23 Jan 1919. He relinquished his commission (temp Major, Capt ret'd pay) and retains the rank of Major 20 Jun 1919. He relinquished his commission (temp Lt, 4th Bn Sussex Reg't) 5 July 1921. Brigadier-General, Royal Fusiliers. Order of the White Eagle (Serbia) 5th class.
Family background
Son of (Hugh) Gough Arbuthnot (grandson of Sir William Arbuthnot, 1st BaronetSir William Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet
Sir William Arbuthnot, 1st Baronet of Edinburgh was Lord Provost of Edinburgh and Lord Lieutenant of the City of Edinburgh....
) and Caroline, née Molyneux.
Educated Harrow School
Harrow 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...
1882-86. Partner Arbuthnot Latham & Co
Arbuthnot Latham & Co
Arbuthnot Latham & Co is a small private bank based in Moorgate in the City of London in the UK. It has the status of one of the twelve accepting houses....
1896-1906.
Married, first, 18 April 1894, Violet Rebecca Morris (died 11 November 1951), daughter of Sir John Henry Morris, KCSI of South Kensington. Divorced 1913. Lionel married second, 9 June 1927, Ada Ellen Brunker (born c.1875, died 15 March 1963), daughter of Lt-Colonel H.M.G. Brunker (the Cameronians) and formerly the wife of James Thomas Sydenham.