Charles Robert Alexander (8 November 1847 – 17 February 1902) was an English barrister, stockbroker and amateur cricketer.
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| Full name | Charles Robert Alexander | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 November 1847 Westminster, London | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 17 February 1902 (aged 54) Westminster, London | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1867–1869 | Kent | ||||||||||||||
| 1870–1871 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 27 January 2011 | |||||||||||||||
Early life
editAlexander was the son of James and Anna Alexander and was born at Westminster in London in 1847. His father was a banker and East India Agent and Alexander grew up at the family home Oak Bank at Seal near Sevenoaks, Kent.[1][2]
After attending Eton College, where he captained the school cricket XI in his final year, Alexander went up to King's College, Cambridge in 1867. He studied Law and was admitted to the Middle Temple in 1868 before graduating in 1871.[3][4]
Cricket
editA right-handed batsman, Alexander made his first-class cricket debut for Kent County Cricket Club against the Gentlemen of MCC in 1867, the summer after he left school. Alexander appeared three further times for Kent, playing his final first-class match for the county in 1869 against Sussex. At Cambridge he played for the University Cricket Club against Surrey at The Oval in 1870 and against MCC in 1871. Whilst at University he played cricket regularly, including for amateur sides such as Perambulators, Quidnuncs and Harlequins as well as for MCC.[5]
Professional and later life
editAlexander moved from the Middle Temple to Lincoln's Inn in 1873 before he was called to the bar in 1874.[6] He later became a member of the London Stock Exchange.[2]
Alexander married Mary Evans; the couple had no children. He died in February 1902 at Westminster aged 54 leaving an estate worth over £17,000.[2][7]
References
edit- ^ Burke's Irish Family Records 1976, p. 14.
- ^ a b c Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), pp. 27–28. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
- ^ Stapylton HEC (ed) (1884) The Eton School Lists from 1791 to 1877, p. 303. London: Simpkin, Marshall & Co. (Available online. Retrieved 2019-12-23.)
- ^ Venn JA (ed) (1940) Alexander, Charles Robert in Alumni Cantabrigienses, p. 28. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Available online. Retrieved 2019-12-23.)
- ^ Charles Alexander, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2019-12-23. (subscription required)
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Foster, Joseph (1885). . (second ed.). London: Hazell, Watson, and Viney. p. 5.
- ^ Charles Alexander, CricInfo. Retrieved 2019-12-23.
