James Christie Traill JP DL (1826 – 6 February 1899) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.
 James Christie Traill, 1861 photograph | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | James Christie Traill | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1826 Walworth, Surrey, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 February 1899 (aged 72–73) Fulham, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | George Traill (brother) William Traill (brother) William Hartopp (brother-in-law) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1848 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Life
editThe son of James Traill senior (1794–1873), a Metropolitan police magistrate, and his wife Caroline Whateley, he was born in 1826 at Walworth, Surrey. George Balfour Traill was his younger brother.[1][2] He matriculated at St John's College, Oxford in 1845, graduating B.A. 1849, M.A. 1852,.[3]
A student of the Inner Temple, Traill was called to the bar in January 1853.[4] In 1873 he inherited from his father the family estate in Orkney, Ratter and Hobbister.[2] He was appointed to be a deputy lieutenant of Caithness in April 1875,[5] in addition to serving as a justice of the peace for the county.[3] Traill died at Fulham in February 1899.
Cricketer
editWhile studying at Oxford, he made his debut in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Oxford in 1848.[6] The following year he made two further first-class appearances for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of England at Lord's and Canterbury in 1849.[6] Traill scored 19 runs in his three first-class matches, in addition to taking 4 wickets.[7]
His brothers, George and William, also played first-class cricket, as did his brother-in-law William Hartopp.
Works
editFamily
editTraill married in 1857 Julia Lambarde, second daughter of William Lambarde of Sevenoaks.[10] Two of their sons, James William (1858–1917) and John Murray (1865–1914), were killed in World War I.[11]
References
edit- ^ Burke, Bernard (1886). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Harrison. p. 1841.
- ^ a b Traill, William (1883). Genealogical Account of the Traills of Orkney: With a Pedigree Table Tracing Their Descent from the Traills of Blebo, in Fifeshire. J. Calder. pp. 66–67.
- ^ a b Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1885). Men-at-the-bar. Reeves and Turner. pp. 470.
- ^ "No. 24199". The London Gazette. 13 April 1875. p. 2086.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by James Traill". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ "Player profile: James Traill". CricketArchive. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ Traill, James Christie (1856). A Letter to ... the Marquis of Blandford, on the management of Church property, and the distribution of its revenues, through the medium of the Ecclesiastical Commission.
- ^ Traill, James Christie (1857). The New parishes acts, 1843,1844, & 1856. With notes and observations.
- ^ Traill, William (1883). Genealogical Account of the Traills of Orkney: With a Pedigree Table Tracing Their Descent from the Traills of Blebo, in Fifeshire. J. Calder. p. 67.
- ^ "Traill Family Plaque". Imperial War Museums.