Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory
English cricketer and soldier
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Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory (11 May 1881 – 25 August 1918) was an English first-class cricketer and soldier.
Westminster, London, England
Bayonvillers, Somme, France
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| Full name | Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 11 May 1881 Westminster, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 28 August 1918 (aged 37) Bayonvillers, Somme, France | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Sir John Heathcoat-Amory (brother) Henry Stanley (uncle) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1902–1903 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1902–1910 | Devon | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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] He was the pro-Chamberlain Conservative candidate in the 1938 Bridgwater by-election won by the anti-appeasement candidate Vernon Bartlett.
- 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]