Anglo-Irish soldier and Home Rule supporter
George Berkeley
Full name George Fitz-Hardinge Berkeley
Born (1870-01-29 ) 29 January 1870Dublin, Ireland Died 14 November 1955(1955-11-14) (aged 85)Banbury , Oxfordshire , England Batting Right-handed Bowling Left-arm medium
Years Team 1890–1893 Oxford University
First-class debut 19 May 1890 Oxford University v Australians Last First-class 14 May 1906 H. D. G. Leveson Gower 's XI v Oxford University
George Fitz-Hardinge Berkeley (29 January 1870 – 14 November 1955) was an Anglo-Irish soldier, Irish nationalist , public servant, cricketer, and author.
Personal life
George Fitz-Hardinge Berkeley was born in 1870, the only child of George Sackville Berkeley, a major in the Royal Engineers .[ 1] He was educated at Wellington College and Keble College, Oxford .[ 1] He later practised at the Irish Bar .[ 2] In 1899 he married Caroline Isabel Mason. He moved to Italy in 1920 for the good of his wife's health; she died in 1933. The following year he married Janet Margaret Mary Weld,[ 3] with whom he co-wrote a history of Italian unification .[ 1] He was a member of two gentlemen's clubs : Vincent's in Oxford and the Kildare Street Club in Dublin.[ 1] He died at his home, Hanwell Castle , near Banbury , Oxfordshire .[ 4]
Public life
Berkeley served in the Worcestershire Regiment from 1898 to 1901.[ 4] He supported Irish Home Rule and the Irish Volunteers , and at a 1914 meeting in Alice Stopford Green 's London home he subscribed the largest amount to the arms purchase fund which resulted in the Howth gun-running .[ 5] [ 1] [ 6] In the First World War he was a brigade musketry officer with the 3rd Cavalry reserve.[ 4] After the war he was a member of the Claims Commission in France and Italy.[ 4] In 1920 he was active in the Irish Dominion League , which proposed Dominion status for Ireland,[ 1] and with the Peace with Ireland Council, of British public figures opposed to the government 's waging of the Anglo-Irish War .[ 7] [ 8] In 1954 he submitted two papers to the Irish Bureau of Military History relating to his 1914 and 1920 activities.[ 7] [ 9] He was a magistrate in Oxfordshire from 1906 to 1937.[ 1]
Cricket career
Berkeley played for Oxford University Cricket Club in the 1890s. A left-arm medium pace bowler, he took 131 wickets in 32 first-class appearances at an average of 20.75.[ 10] He best bowling performance occurred on his debut, when he took eight wickets for Oxford University in the first innings against the touring Australians .[ 11] Berkeley was awarded his blue , appearing against Cambridge in the University match , in each of his four years at Oxford. He was Oxford's leading wicket-taker during his first three years at the university, but in the third, he was unable to play in all the matches, but maintained a strong bowling average.[ 12] He played twice for Ireland , taking 11 for 75 against I Zingari in Phoenix Park in 1890.[ 2] He later played minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire between 1904 and 1906.
Publications
References
^ a b c d e f g "Captain George Berkeley Papers" (PDF) . Cork City and County Archives.
^ a b Herringshaw, Liam (2 September 2013). "The bat that died for Ireland" . ESPN. Retrieved 29 January 2018 .
^ Marriage Indexes 4th Quarter 1934, Southam, Warwickshire district
^ a b c d "Obituaries: Mr G. Fitz-H. Berkeley". The Times . No. 53383. London. 21 November 1955. p. 12.
^ Connell Jr, Joseph E. (May–June 2014). "Howth/ Kilcoole gunrunning" . History Ireland . 22 (3).
^ Docherty, Gerry; MacGregor, James (2013). Hidden History: The Secret Origins of the First World War . Mainstream Publishing. pp. 391–392. ISBN 9781780577494 .
^ a b Berkeley, George F.H. "Witness statement 994: "Peace with Ireland Council" 1920–1921" (PDF) . Dublin: Bureau of Military History . Retrieved 29 January 2018 .
^ Moulton, Mo (2014). Ireland and the Irish in Interwar England . Cambridge University Press. p. 53. ISBN 9781107052680 .
^ Berkeley, George F.H. "Witness statement 971: The Irish political situation, 1914" (PDF) . Dublin: Bureau of Military History . Retrieved 29 January 2018 .
^ "Player Profile: George Berkeley" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 November 2012 .
^ "Oxford University v Australians: Australia in England 1890" . CricketArchive. Retrieved 21 November 2012 .
^ Bolton, Geoffrey (1962). History of the O.U.C.C. (1st ed.). Oxford: Holywell Press . pp. 133–147.
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