Richard Clement (10 June 1832 – 29 October 1873) was an English first-class cricketer and civil servant.
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| Full name | Richard Clement | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 10 June 1832 Snarestone, Leicestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 October 1873(1873-10-29) (aged 41) Bicester, Oxfordshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | Reynold Clement (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1853 | Oxford University | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 6 February 2020 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Richard Clement was the son of Hampden Clement - who was an English landowner who had been educated at Exeter College, Oxford - and of Philippa Cobham Alleyne. He was born in June 1832 at Snarestone, Leicestershire.[1] His paternal grandfather was Richard Clement, who a Dutch owner of sugar plantations.[1] He was the nephew of Martha Clement,[1] who was the wife of Colonel Thomas Moody, Kt., who named a son, Hampden Clement Blamire Moody, after Richard Clement's father, and through whom he was related to Major-General Richard Clement Moody, who was the founder and the first Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia.[2]
Clement was educated at Rugby School,[3] and at University College, Oxford,[4] whilst at which he in 1853 appeared twice in first-class cricket for Oxford University, once against the Marylebone Cricket Club and once against Cambridge University.[5] After graduating from Oxford, Clement was employed as a clerk at the Treasury. He died accidentally while on a hunt on 29 October 1873 near Bicester.[3] His younger brother, Reynold, also played first-class cricket.