Henry Pitt Cholmondeley (15 June 1820 — 14 April 1905) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.
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| Full name | Henry Pitt Cholmondeley | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 15 June 1820 Whitegate, Cheshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 14 April 1905(1905-04-14) (aged 84) Broadwell, Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1844 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 11 September 2021 | |||||||||||||||
The son of the Thomas Cholmondeley, 1st Baron Delamere, he was born in June 1820 at Whitegate, Cheshire.[1] He was educated at Rugby School,[2] before going up to Christ Church, Oxford. After gaining his M.A. in 1841, he became a fellow of All Souls College, Oxford.[3] Cholmondley played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Oxford University at Oxford in 1844.[4] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed in the MCC first innings for 4 runs by Henry Moberly, while in their second innings he opened the batting and was dismissed for the same score by the same bowler.[5] Cholmondeley was ordained in the Church of England and from 1852 was rector at Broadwell with Adlestrop in Gloucestershire. He was made an honorary canon of Gloucester Cathedral in 1877.[3] He died at the rectory at Adlestrop in April 1905.[6] He was married to Mary Leigh, with the couple having nine children, among them the historian Lionel Berners Cholmondeley.[7]