Robert Holden DL (24 July 1805 — 11 November 1872) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
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| Full name | Robert Holden | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 24 July 1805 Spondon, Derbyshire, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 11 November 1872(1872-11-11) (aged 67) Marylebone, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Henry Holden (brother) Thomas Pearson (nephew) | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1835–1836 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 12 September 2021 | |||||||||||||||
The son of Robert Holden and Mary Anne Drury Lowe, he was born at Spondon in July 1805. He was commissioned into the Sherwood Rangers Yeomanry as a second lieutenant in May 1828.[1] He played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1835 and 1836, making five appearances.[2] He scored 70 runs in his five matches, with a highest score of 22.[3] He was promoted to captain in the Sherwood Rangers in April 1835,[4] with promotion to lieutenant colonel in April 1848.[5] In March 1848, he replaced John Manners-Sutton as High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire.[6] In April 1859, he was appointed a lieutenant colonel commandant in the Sherwood Rangers,[7] while in August of the same year he was appointed a deputy lieutenant of Nottinghamshire.[8] Holden travelled to London in November 1872 for medical treatment, where he died at Marylebone.[9] His brother, Henry, and nephew Thomas Pearson both played first-class cricket.