Ashby Blair Haslewood (16 July 1811 – 17 July 1876) was an English clergyman and

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who as a young man played first-class

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for

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Early life

Haslewood was born in 1811 in

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, then part of Surrey, the son of John Daniel Haslewood, a

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clergyman. He was christened at Hampstead on 7 October 1814, with the

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noting his date of birth as 16 July 1811.''Baptisms solemnized in the parish of St John, Hampstead, 1813–1840''
No. 207, Ashby Blair Haslewood
”Ashby Blair Haslewood” in ''England & Wales, Civil Registration Death Index, 1837-1915'', ancestry.co.uk, both accessed 6 September 2021 Haslewood matriculated at Christ's College, Cambridge, in the

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of 1830, and the same term became a Tancred student. In 1831 he was elected to a scholarship and graduated BA in 1834.”HASLEWOOD, Ashby Blair” in

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, ''Alumni Cantabrigienses'', Vol. 3, Part 2
p. 282
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Career

Haslewood was ordained as a deacon of the

in October 1834 and as a priest in February 1836. He was a curate at

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(where his father was

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from 1823 to 1857), and then at

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. From 1845 to 1864 he was

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of St Mark's Church, Marylebone, and while there founded a choir school which in 1872 moved to

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in Surrey to become St John's School, Leatherhead. One of the school houses is named after him. He was later vicar of St Michael’s,

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, and Holy Trinity,

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, and of Mavesyn Ridware, Staffordshire. Haslewood's appointment to St Mark's Church in Hamilton Terrace,

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, was controversial: he donated £3,500 towards the founding of the church and was then appointed as the priest in charge. Correspondence in ''

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'' suggested that there might be an implication of simony in the arrangement.

Cricketing career

Haslewood played in three matches for

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that have later been judged to be first-class games: one in each of the 1833, 1834 and 1835 seasons. He batted in the lower order and in the 1835 match he bowled, as he is recorded as taking wickets in that game; scorecards for his other matches are incomplete, so it is not possible to determine his exact role, nor whether he batted or bowled right- or left-handed. Haslewood’s death was registered at Marylebone in July 1876, when his age was stated as 65.

References

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