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Thomas Leventhorpe

Thomas Leventhorpe

English cricketer and cleric

The Reverend Thomas William Leventhorpe (1813 – 12 August 1860) was an English cleric and cricketer.

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Life

The son of Thomas Leventhorpe and Mary Collett,[1] Leventhorpe was educated at Winchester College, before attending Jesus College, Cambridge.[2]

While studying at Cambridge, Leventhorpe made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Parker's Piece in 1835.[3] In a match which the Marylebone Cricket Club won by 88 runs, he was dismissed for a duck twice, firstly by Charles Parnther in Cambridge University's first-innings, and then by John Bayley in their second-innings.[4] Leventhorpe's batting style is unknown.

After leaving Jesus College in 1839, Leventhorpe became the parish priest of a number of churches in Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire. He died at Yelling, Huntingdonshire on 12 August 1860.[2]

Family

The American Civil War Confederate general Collett Leventhorpe was Leventhorpe's brother.[1]

In 1845, Leventhorpe married Louisa Rooper, daughter of John Bonfoy Rooper.[5] Rooper Leventhorpe (1850–1940) was their son.[6]

References

  1. [1]
    Cole, J. Timothy; Foley, Bradley R. (15 December 2006). Collett Leventhorpe, the English Confederate: The Life of a Civil War General, 1815-1889. Jefferson: McFarland & Co, Inc. p. 17. ISBN 0786426497.
  2. [2]
    "Leventhorpe, Thomas William (LVNP832TW)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. [3]
    "First-Class Matches played by Thomas Leventhorpe". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  4. [4]
    "Cambridge University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1835". CricketArchive. Retrieved 13 December 2013.
  5. [5]
    The Gentleman's Magazine. A. Dodd and A. Smith. 1845. p. 523.
  6. [6]
    "Leventhorpe, Rooper (LVNP868R)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
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