Christian Tindall CIE (18 May 1878 – 13 April 1951) was an English officer in the Indian Civil Service and first-class cricketer.
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| Full name | Christian Tindall | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 18 May 1878 Leighton Buzzard, Bedfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 13 April 1951 (aged 72) Littleham, Devon, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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| 1904 | London County | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 30 December 2021 | |||||||||||||||
The son of John Tindall, he was born at Leighton Buzzard in May 1878.[1] Tindall joined the civil service in October 1902,[2] later being appointed to the Indian Civil Service in British India, where he rose in rank to become to secretary to the Government of Bengal. He was appointed a Companion of the Order of the Indian Empire in the 1919 New Year Honours.[3] A keen cricketer, Tindall played first-class cricket in 1904 for London County, captained by W. G. Grace, in one match against Cambridge University at Fenner's.[4] Batting twice in the match, he ended the London County first innings unbeaten on 9, while in their second innings he was dismissed for a single run by John Hopley.[5] In later life he took an interest in the Codex Sinaiticus, publishing research on the subject.[6] Toward the end of his life he was resident in Exeter with his wife, Elsie.[1] Elsie was killed in the Second World War during an air raid on the city in 1943.[7] Tindall lived out his final years in the Devon village of Littleham, where he died in April 1951.
References
edit- ^ a b Ruxton, Ian, ed. (2019). The Diaries of Sir Ernest Satow, 1906-1911. Lulu.com. p. 30. ISBN 9780359872138.
- ^ "No. 27468". The London Gazette. 21 October 1902. p. 6654.
- ^ "No. 31099". The London Gazette (Supplement). 31 December 1918. p. 109.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Christian Tindall". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ "Cambridge University v London County, 1904". CricketArchive. Retrieved 31 December 2021.
- ^ Cresswell, Peter (2013). The Invention of Jesus: How the Church Rewrote the New Testament. Watkins Books. p. 225. ISBN 9781780286211.
- ^ Summer, Stephen (19 September 2017). "Remembering the only Sidmouth woman who died in WW1". Sidmouth Herald. Retrieved 31 December 2021.