Frederick Byron (cricketer)
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Cheltenham, Gloucestershire,
England
Westminster, London, England
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| Full name | Frederick Byron | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 2 February 1822 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 4 April 1861 (aged 39) Westminster, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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| 1841 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 4 February 2020 | |||||||||||||||
Hon. Frederick Byron DL (3 February 1822 – 4 April 1861) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.
Byron was born at Cheltenham in February 1822.[1] He was a younger son of George Byron, 7th Baron Byron and Elizabeth Mary Chandos-Pole, the daughter of Sacheverell Pole Esq., of Radbourne Hall.
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]
Career
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]