Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory

Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory
Personal information
Full name
Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory
Born11 May 1881
Westminster, London, England
Died28 August 1918(1918-08-28) (aged 37)
Bayonvillers, Somme, France
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RelationsSir John Heathcoat-Amory (brother)
Henry Stanley (uncle)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1902–1903Oxford University
1902–1910Devon
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 6
Runs scored 76
Batting average 6.90
100s/50s –/–
Top score 26
Balls bowled 426
Wickets 9
Bowling average 18.33
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 4/55
Catches/stumpings 8/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 May 2020

Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory (11 May 1881 – 25 August 1918) was an English first-class cricketer and soldier.

Early life

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]

Cricket career

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]

Career

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]

Personal life

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]

  • Patrick Gerald Heathcoat-Amory (1912–1942), a barrister who was killed in action, at age 30, in Libya during World War II.[11]
  • Michael Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory (1914–1936), who was killed, at age 22, in an airplane accident.[11]
  • Edgar Fitzgerald Heathcoat-Amory (1917–1944), who married Sonia Myrtle Denison, daughter of Capt. Edward Conyngham Denison (a grandson of Albert Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough) in 1940; he was killed in action, at age 26, at Normandy, France.[11]

Heathcoat-Amory died of wounds received in action at Bayonvillers in France on 25 August 1918.[7]

Descendants

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]

References

  1. ^ a b "Major Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  2. ^ a b McCrery, Nigel (30 July 2015). Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War. Pen and Sword. p. 579. ISBN 978-1473864191.
  3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Ludovic Amory". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  4. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Ludovic Amory". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  5. ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Ludovic Amory". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  6. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Ludovic Amory". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  7. ^ a b c "Captain Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory". www.chch.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  8. ^ "No. 29026". The London Gazette. 1 January 1915. p. 62.
  9. ^ "No. 291956". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 1915. p. 5856.
  10. ^ "No. 30124". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 1917. p. 5734.
  11. ^ a b c d Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 640.