Robert Awdry

Robert Awdry
Personal information
Full name Robert William Awdry
Born (1881-05-20)20 May 1881
Kensington, London
Died 3 February 1949(1949-02-03) (aged 67)
Devizes, Wiltshire
Relations Charles Awdry (nephew)
Source: Cricinfo, 18 March 2017

Robert Awdry CBE (20 May 1881 – 3 February 1949) was an English cricketer. He played nine first-class matches for Oxford University Cricket Club between 1902 and 1904.[1]

Awdry was educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford. He served in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry through World War I and after the war rose to the rank of lieutenant colonel commanding the regiment. He was High Sheriff of Wiltshire in 1928.[2] He was a member of Wiltshire County Council 1919–49 and its chairman 1946–49.[3] He was appointed CBE in the 1946 New Year Honours.[4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Robert Awdry". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 18 March 2017.
  2. ↑ "No. 33369". The London Gazette. 23 March 1928. pp. 2127–2128.
  3. ↑ "Landed families of Britain and Ireland: (258) Awdry of Seend Manor House and Notton House".
  4. ↑ "No. 37407". The London Gazette. 28 December 1945. p. 49.
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