Richard Earle

For the American painter, see Richard Earle (painter).

Richard Bethell Earle (4 October 1827 – 2 April 1884) was an English cleric and cricketer.

Life

Watton Abbey today

Earle was born in Driffield, the son of the Rev. John Earle. His father ran a school at Watton Abbey, some miles north of Driffield, from 1830 to about 1840.[1][2]

Recorded in the 1851 census as a theology student in Joseph Baylee's college, Bidston, Earle was ordained in 1852 at St Aidan's College, Birkenhead, by the Archbishop of Canterbury. He went to a curacy in Knockholt, Kent. In 1853 Earle was appointed headmaster of Southwell Collegiate Grammar School.[3][4][5][6][7]

In 1854 Earle became perpetual curate of Edingley, and in 1858 was he appointed vicar of Barnby in the Willows.[8][9]

Earle died in Southwell.[10]

Cricketer

Earle was a cricketer who played for Nottinghamshire, taking part in the Notts v Surrey match at Trent Bridge in July 1861.[11][12] He had taken part in the first match of the Free Foresters Cricket Club, in July 1856, for their opponents the Pilgrims of the Dee.[13] He played for Nottingham County against Free Foresters in 1859 and in 1860, when he scored freely;[14] and for Free Foresters against Gentleman of Notts in 1871.[15] He played for Gentlemen of the North against Gentlemen of the South in 1858, at the Oval.[16]

Family

Earle married in 1871 Julia M. Beaver, daughter of J. A. Beaver.[17]

Notes

  1. ^ "Notices of Births, Marriages and Deaths". Derbyshire Times and Chesterfield Herald. 12 April 1884.
  2. ^ East Riding Historic Designed Landscapes: Watton Abbey (PDF) at p.3
  3. ^ "The Earle & Welford Families of Yorkshire, England 1268-1911". Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  4. ^ The Church of England Magazine. J. Burns. 1852. p. 41.
  5. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory (4 ed.). London: Horace Cox. 1868. p. 42.
  6. ^ The Ecclesiastical gazette, or, Monthly register of the affairs of the Church of England. 1851. p. 304.
  7. ^ The Gentleman's Magazine. W. Pickering. 1853. p. 424.
  8. ^ Post Office Directory of Derbyshire and Nottinghamshire. Kelly and Company. 1855. p. 30.
  9. ^ Page, William (1910). "The Victoria history of the county of Nottingham". Internet Archive. London: Constable & Co. p. 198. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  10. ^ "Richard Earle, Cricket Players and Officials, ESPNcricinfo". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  11. ^ "NCCC News : Nottinghamshire Cricketers Part 6". Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  12. ^ Sutton, John Frost (1880). The Date-book of Remarkable & Memorable Events Connected with Nottingham and Its Neighbourhood, 1750-1879, from Authentic Records. H. Field. p. 516.
  13. ^ Bedford, William Kirkpatrick Riland (1895). "Annals of the Free Foresters from 1856 to the present day". Internet Archive. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood. p. 11. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  14. ^ Bedford, William Kirkpatrick Riland (1895). "Annals of the Free Foresters from 1856 to the present day". Internet Archive. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood. pp. 30 and 36. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  15. ^ Bedford, William Kirkpatrick Riland (1895). "Annals of the Free Foresters from 1856 to the present day". Internet Archive. Edinburgh: W. Blackwood. p. 118. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  16. ^ Lillywhite, Frederick (1876). Frederick Lillywhite's Cricket scores and Biographies, from 1746 to 1826 (1841 to 1848). [Compiled by A. Haygarth]. [Continued as] Arthur Haygarth's Cricket scores and biographies from 1855 to. p. 90. Retrieved 25 February 2018.
  17. ^ The Pall Mall Budget: Being a Weekly Collection of Articles Printed in the Pall Mall Gazette from Day to Day, with a Summary of News. 1872. p. 34.