Robert_Holden_(cricketer)

Robert Holden (cricketer)

Robert Holden (cricketer)

English cricketer and British Army officer

Robert Holden DL (24 July 1805 — 11 November 1872) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

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The son of Robert Holden and Mary Anne Drury Lowe, he was born at Spondon in July 1805. He was commissioned into the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry as a second lieutenant in May 1828.[1] He played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1835 and 1836, making five appearances.[2] He scored 70 runs in his five matches, with a highest score of 22.[3] He was promoted to captain in the Sherwood Rangers in April 1835,[4] with promotion to lieutenant colonel in April 1848.[5] In March 1848, he replaced John Manners-Sutton as High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.[6] In April 1859, he was appointed a lieutenant colonel commandant in the Sherwood Rangers,[7] while in August of the same year he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Nottinghamshire.[8] Holden travelled to London in November 1872 for medical treatment, where he died at Marylebone.[9] His brother, Henry, and nephew Thomas Pearson both played first-class cricket.

References

  1. [1]
    "No. 18477". The London Gazette. 10 June 1828. p. 1118.
  2. [2]
    "First-Class Matches played by Robert Holden". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  3. [3]
    "First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Robert Holden". CricketArchive. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  4. [4]
    "No. 19269". The London Gazette. 12 May 1835. p. 925.
  5. [5]
    "No. 20848". The London Gazette. 21 April 1848. p. 1566.
  6. [6]
    "No. 20833". The London Gazette. 3 March 1848. p. 864.
  7. [7]
    "No. 22256". The London Gazette. 29 April 1859. p. 1767.
  8. [8]
    "No. 22295". The London Gazette. 5 August 1859. p. 3006.
  9. [9]
    Death of Colonel Holden. Burton Chronicle. 14 November 1872. p. 5
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