George Cherry
George Cherry may refer to: * George Cherry (cricketer) (1822–1887), English cricketer and barrister * George Henry Cherry, member of Parliament for Dunwich * George Frederick Cherry (1761–1799), British-born political officer of the East India Company * George Cherry (photographer), English born Australian photographer, inventor and penal officer See also * George Kruck Cherrie George Kruck Cherrie (August 22, 1865 – January 20, 1948) was an American natural history, naturalist and explorer. He collected numerous specimens on nearly forty expeditions that he joined for museums and several species have been named after ...

George Cherry (cricketer)
George Charles Cherry (26 January 1822 – 12 June 1887) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister. The son of the politician George Henry Cherry, he was born in January 1822 at Kintbury, Berkshire. He was educated at Harrow School, before going up to Christ Church, Oxford. While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Oxford in 1841. He made eight further first-class appearances for Oxford, with his final appearance coming in 1844. In his nine first-class matches, he scored 122 runs at an average of 7.17, with a high score of 20. A student of the Inner Temple, he was called to the bar in May 1848. He was the High Sheriff of Berkshire in 1871 and served as a justice of the peace. Cherry was the chairman of the Berkshire quarter sessions from 1885–87. He died at Denford House at Kintbury in June 1887. His grandfather was George Frederick Cherry, a political officer of the East ...
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George Henry Cherry
George Cherry (30 August 17936 January 1848) was a Member of Parliament for Dunwich from 1820 to 1826. Between 1829 and 1830 he was the High Sheriff of Berkshire when he was living at Denford Park. (with amendments of 1963, Public Record Office) His father, George Frederick Cherry was British Resident at Oudh, murdered by Wazir Ali Khan in 1799. One of his sons, George Cherry, was an English cricketer. Another son Major General Apsley Cherry-Garrard was the father of the polar explorer Apsley Cherry-Garrard Apsley George Benet Cherry-Garrard (2 January 1886 – 18 May 1959) was an English explorer of Antarctica. He was a member of the ''Terra Nova'' expedition and is acclaimed for his 1922 account of this expedition, ''The Worst Journey in th .... References UK MPs 1820–1826 MPs for rotten boroughs Year of birth missing Year of death missing {{UK-MP-stub ...
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George Frederick Cherry
George Frederick Cherry (1761–1799) was a British-born political officer of the East India Company, murdered in Benares by Wazir Ali Khan as part of a minor insurrection against the British. Biography George Frederick Cherry was born in 1761 in Gillingham, Kent, the first-born of Susan Cherry (née Curtis) and George Cherry (who in 1785 became chairman of the Victualling Board) in a family of ten children. He married Martha Maria Paul (1765-1819). Their only son, George Henry Cherry (1793-1848) was Member of Parliament for the rotten borough of Dunwich from 1820-1826. He was the British Resident at Lucknow until 1796, immediately prior to the period in which Wazir Ali Khan was removed as Nawab of Awadh by the British and replaced by Saadat Ali Khan II. The role of a resident extended to intelligence gathering, and at this, in the relative turbulence of late 18th century Awadh, Cherry excelled, running a network of spies and informers - such as Mirza Abu Taleb Khan, who wrote ab ...
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George Cherry (photographer)
George Cherry may refer to: * George Cherry (cricketer) (1822–1887), English cricketer and barrister * George Henry Cherry, member of Parliament for Dunwich * George Frederick Cherry (1761–1799), British-born political officer of the East India Company * George Cherry (photographer), English born Australian photographer, inventor and penal officer See also * George Kruck Cherrie George Kruck Cherrie (August 22, 1865 – January 20, 1948) was an American natural history, naturalist and explorer. He collected numerous specimens on nearly forty expeditions that he joined for museums and several species have been named after ...