Arthur Carter (24 March 1848 – 9 April 1923) was an

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er and clergyman. The son of The Reverend William Carter, he was one of six children and was born in March 1848 at Old Malton, Yorkshire. Carter later studied at

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. After graduating from Cambridge, he took holy orders in the Anglican Church, being ordained as a deacon in 1871. His first ecclesiastical post was at Hanbury, where he was appointed curate in the same year as his ordination. He returned to his native Yorkshire in 1872, taking up the curacy of St Luke's in

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, a post he held until 1875. He was a sub-

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at Ripon Cathedral later in 1875, before being moving south to

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, where he was appointed curate of

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in 1876. The following year he was appointed to the curacy of Tewin, a post he held until 1887. While resident at Tewin, Carter played

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for the

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(MCC) against

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in 1885. Batting once in the match, he was run out for 8 runs in the MCC first innings. He also played minor matches for

from 1878 to 1883. He later held a series of ecclesiastical posts in Europe, where he was an assistant chaplain at

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in France in 1889–90, at

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in 1890–1891, before returning to England to take up the assistant chaplaincy at Beaulieu, Hampshire. He then returned north, becoming vicar at

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until his death. Carter died at the Home Hospital in

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on 9 April 1923, following an operation.Death Of The Vicar Of Thrussington. ''Grantham Journal''. 14 April 1923. p. 9 His brother,

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, was also a first-class cricketer and clergyman.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Carter, Arthur 1848 births 1923 deaths People from Malton, North Yorkshire Alumni of Pembroke College, Cambridge 19th-century English Anglican priests English cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers 20th-century English Anglican priests Cricketers from North Yorkshire