Frederick Byron (cricketer)

Frederick Byron
Personal information
Full name
Frederick Byron
Born2 February 1822
Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,
England
Died4 April 1861(1861-04-04) (aged 39)
Westminster, London, England
BattingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1841Oxford University
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 8
Batting average 4.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 6
Catches/stumpings 2/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 February 2020

Hon. Frederick Byron DL (3 February 1822 – 4 April 1861) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.

The son of George Byron, 7th Baron Byron, he was born at Cheltenham in February 1822.[1] He was educated at Westminster School,[2] before going up to Balliol College, Oxford.[3] While studying at Oxford, Byron made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Oxford in 1841.[4] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 6 runs by James Cobbett in the Oxford first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 2 runs by the same bowler.[5] He became a fellow at All Souls College in 1843.[3]

After graduating from Oxford, he became a member of Lincoln's Inn and was called to the bar in 1848.[2] He was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Sherwood Foresters in April 1850.[6] Byron was appointed as a deputy lieutenant for Essex in September 1853.[7] He was promoted to captain in the Sherwood Foresters in March 1859.[8] Byron married Mary Jane Wescomb in 1851, with the couple having three children.[1] He died suddenly at Westminster in April 1861,[2] predeceasing his father. Byron's son George later became the 9th Baron Byron upon the death of Bryon's elder brother, George Byron, 8th Baron Byron.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Hon. Frederick Byron". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b c The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. Vol. 31. J, Murray. 1861. p. 118.
  3. ^ a b Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Byron, Hon. Frederick" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  4. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Frederick Byron". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  5. ^ "Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1841". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 February 2020.
  6. ^ "No. 21085". The London Gazette. 12 April 1850. p. 1052.
  7. ^ "No. 21480". The London Gazette. 27 September 1853. p. 2627.
  8. ^ "No. 22239". The London Gazette. 15 March 1859. p. 1139.