Sir Charles William Atholl Oakeley, 4th Baronet JP (25 October 1828 – 2 November 1915) was an English first-class cricketer and an officer in the Bengal Army.
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| Full name | Charles William Atholl Oakeley | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 25 October 1828 Ealing, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 2 November 1915 (aged 87) Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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| 1848 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||
| 1857 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 15 February 2020 | |||||||||||||||
The son of Sir Herbert Oakeley and Atholl Keturah Murray-Aynsley, he was born at Ealing in October 1828.[1] He was educated at Eton College,[2] succeeding his father as the 4th Baronet while studying at Eton in 1845.[1] From Eton, he went up to Christ Church, Oxford.[3] While studying at Oxford, he made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Oxford University against the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) at Lord's in 1848.[4] Batting twice in the match, he scored 7 runs in the Oxford first-innings before he was dismissed by Alfred Diver, while in their second-innings he was run out, having scored a single run.[5]
After graduating from Oxford, Oakeley served in the Bengal Army in British India, rising to the rank of captain in the Bengal Cavalry.[2] He made a second appearance in first-class cricket, captaining the MCC against Oxford University at Oxford in 1857.[4] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 3 runs in the MCC first-innings by Cloudesley Marsham, while in their second-innings he was unbeaten on 15.[6] He later served as a justice of the peace for Kent.[2] Oakeley was married twice during his life, firstly to Ellen Parsons in 1860, with the marriage lasting until her death in 1895, and secondly to Elizabeth Tuson in 1896.[1] Oakeley died at Tunbridge Wells in November 1915. He was succeeded as the 5th Baronet by his son, Charles.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d "Sir Charles William Atholl Oakeley, 4th Bt". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ^ a b c The Eton Register 1841–1850. Spottiswode & Co. Ltd. 1903. p. 32.
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Charles Oakeley". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club v Oxford University, 1848". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
- ^ "Oxford v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1857". CricketArchive. Retrieved 15 February 2020.