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| Full name | William Picton Mortimer | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 1833 England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 22 December 1916 (aged 83) Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Relations | George Mortimer (brother) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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William Picton Mortimer (1833 – 22 December 1916) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
Mortimer was born in 1833, one of twenty children of Edward Horlock Mortimer and his wife, Frances Lardner.[1] He made one appearance in first-class cricket for the Surrey Club against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in 1853.[2] He batted in both Surrey Club innings', being dismissed without scoring by Jemmy Dean in their first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by James Grundy.[3] He served in the British Army with the 80th Regiment of Foot in British India,[4] later serving with the 11th Hussars, where he held the rank of lieutenant colonel.[1] He died at Cheltenham in December 1916.
References
- 1 2 "Edward Horlock Mortimer II (1786 – 1857)". www.altathegenealogist.org.za. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ↑ "First-Class Matches played by William Mortimer". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ↑ "Marylebone Cricket Club v Surrey Club, 1853". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
- ↑ "No. 22986". The London Gazette. 4 July 1865. p. 3358.
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