Arthur John Edward Irvin (10 March 1848 – 22 July 1945) was an

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first-class

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er and clergyman. The son of The Reverend Joseph Irvin, he was born in March 1848 at Hackness, Yorkshire. He was educated at

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, matriculating at

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in 1867, and graduating B.A. in 1873. While studying at Oxford, he made two appearances in

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as a

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for

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against

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in 1868, and the

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in 1871. After graduating from Oxford, he took holy orders in the

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in 1874. His first ecclesiastical post was as curate of Rothwell, which he held until 1877, before becoming the vicar of

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in 1877. He served on the Hunslet Rural District council in 1895, in addition to being closely associated with the establishment of a new workhouse at Woodlesford, which would later become St. George's Hospital. Irvin retired to

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, before settling at Old Basing, Hampshire. He died there in July 1945, at the age of 97.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Irvin, Arthur 1848 births 1945 deaths People from Hackness People educated at Rossall School Alumni of Pembroke College, Oxford English cricketers Oxford University cricketers 19th-century English Anglican priests 20th-century English Anglican priests Cricketers from Scarborough, North Yorkshire People from Old Basing