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Charles Cuyler

Charles Cuyler

English cricketer and British Army officer (1867–1919)

Sir Charles Cuyler, 4th Baronet, OBE (15 August 1867 – 1 October 1919) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

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The son of Sir Charles Cuyler,[1] he was born in August 1867 at Almondsbury, Gloucestershire and was educated at Clifton College.[2] His father died during his final year at Clifton, with Cuyler succeeding him as the 4th Baronet of the Cuyler baronets in August 1885.[1] From Clifton he went up to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst where he graduated into the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry as a second lieutenant in September 1887.[3] He was promoted to lieutenant in January 1890,[4] with promotion to captain coming in January 1895.[5]

Cuyler also played first-class cricket in 1895 for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Dublin against Dublin University.[6] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed in both MCC innings' without scoring by Ernest Ensor and Robert Gwynn respectively.[7] He became an instructor at Sandhurst in August 1897,[8] a post he held until January 1903.[9] He was seconded for service as an adjutant of volunteers in January 1904.[10] He retired from active service in September 1907, by which time he held the rank of major.[11]

Cuyler was recommissioned during the First World War, gaining the temporary rank of lieutenant colonel while commanding a depot.[12] He was made an OBE in the 1918 New Year Honours for services commanding the 43rd Regimental District Recruiting Area.[13] Cuyler died suddenly without issue at Shotover Park in Oxfordshire in October 1919.[14] He was succeeded as the 5th Baronet by his brother Sir George Cuyler.[1]

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    "Sir Charles Cuyler, 4th Bt". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  2. [2]
    Oakeley, E. M. (1897). Clifton College Annals and Register, 1860–1897. J. W. Arrowsmith. p. 248.
  3. [3]
    "No. 25738". The London Gazette. 13 September 1887. p. 4945.
  4. [4]
    "No. 26026". The London Gazette. 25 February 1890. p. 1046.
  5. [5]
    "No. 26587". The London Gazette. 8 January 1895. p. 156.
  6. [6]
    "First-Class Matches played by Charles Cuyler". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  7. [7]
    "Dublin University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1895". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 September 2020.
  8. [8]
    "No. 26889". The London Gazette. 7 September 1897. p. 4996.
  9. [9]
    "No. 27534". The London Gazette. 13 March 1903. p. 1695.
  10. [10]
    "No. 27642". The London Gazette. 5 February 1904. p. 781.
  11. [11]
    "No. 28060". The London Gazette. 17 September 1907. p. 6291.
  12. [12]
    "No. 29018". The London Gazette (Supplement). 22 December 1914. p. 11040.
  13. [13]
    "No. 30460". The London Gazette (Supplement). 4 January 1918. p. 377.
  14. [14]
    Deaths. The Gentlewoman. 11 October 1919. p. 26
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