George Augustus Campbell (7 July 1847 – 12 September 1930) was an English cricketer.
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| Full name | George Augustus Campbell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 July 1847 Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 September 1930 (aged 83) Brackley, Northamptonshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Hubert Eaton (son-in-law) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1866 | Lancashire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 4 September 2012 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Early life
editGeorge was the son of Colonel Herbert Frederick Campbell of Evenley Hall and his wife, Louisa Cox. He was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, and was educated at Wellington College, where he first attended in 1860. His family was of Scottish descent and could trace their roots back to the 2nd Earl of Argyll.[1]
Career
editCampbell made a single first-class appearance for Lancashire against Surrey in 1866 at Wavertree Road Ground, Liverpool.[2] Surrey won the toss and elected to field first, with Lancashire being put into bat. In their first inning, Lancashire made 125 all out, with Campbell being dismissed for 10 runs by Frederick Miller. Surrey then responded in their first inning by making 116 runs, with Lancashire then making 86 runs in their second inning, in which Campbell was dismissed for 8 runs by George Griffith. Surrey reached 96/7 in their second innings to win the match by three wickets.[3] This was his only major appearance for Lancashire. Campbell's batting style is unknown.
Later career
editHe was also a keen hunter and, for eleven years, the Secretary to the Grafton Hounds. Politically, he was a Conservative and was for many years President of the Brackley Conservative Association.[4] In business, he was a partner in a firm of bankers and army agents, Cox and Company, which was formed through connections in his mother's family.[4]
Personal life
editOn 23 July 1868, Campbell was married to Hon. Alice Louisa Barrington (d. 1928), the elder daughter of Percy Barrington, 8th Viscount Barrington and the former Louisa Higgins. Together, George and Alice lived at Market House in Brackley and were the parents of five children, including:[1]
- Sir Archibald Henry Campbell (1870–1948),[5] who married Hon. Beryl Dawnay, a daughter of Hugh Dawnay, 8th Viscount Downe.[6]
- Evelyn Mary Campbell (b. 1874), who married Hubert Francis Eaton, also a first-class cricket player, in 1894.[7][8]
He died at Brackley, Northamptonshire, on 12 September 1930. His funeral was well attended, with distinguished mourners such as Archibald Campbell, the then Chairman of the London Stock Exchange, and Oliver Fitzroy, who attended as a representative of the Speaker of the House of Commons, Edward FitzRoy.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c Ambrose, Don. "Lancashire player number 23 - Campbell, George Augustus". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by George Campbell". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ^ "Lancashire v Surrey, 1866". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ^ a b Ambrose, Don. "Lancashire player number 23 - Campbell, George Augustus". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 September 2012.
- ^ "Sir Archibald Henry Campbell". www.npg.org.uk. National Portrait Gallery, London. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ "Downe, Viscount (I, 1681)". www.cracroftspeerage.co.uk. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ Molyneux, Nellie Zada Rice (1911). History, Genealogical and Biographical, of the Eaton families. New York: C. W. Bardeen. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
- ^ Howard, Joseph Jackson (1906). Visitation of England and Wales. Priv. print. p. 12. Retrieved 1 October 2019.
External links
edit- George Campbell at ESPNcricinfo
- George Campbell at CricketArchive