Robert Stewart Aucher Warner (9 May 1859 – 1 December 1944) was

Attorney-General of Trinidad and Tobago According to the Constitution of Trinidad and Tobago, the supreme law of the nation, the Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs of Trinidad and Tobago is the primary legal advisor to the Government of Trinidad and Tobago. Roles and funct ...

and a West Indian

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er. He was known as Aucher Warner. He was born the son of

Charles William Warner Charles William Warner (19 October 1805 – 26/28 February 1887) was a Trinidadian lawyer who served as the Attorney General of Trinidad from 1845 to 1870. As attorney general he was considered the most powerful person in the colony after the gover ...

, the Attorney-General of Trinidad and Tobago, and educated in Trinidad and at

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. He studied law at the Inner Temple, London and was

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in 1882. He was appointed an unofficial member of the Legislative Council of Trinidad and Tobago, an advisory body at the time, in March 1900. He became in turn Solicitor-General and Attorney-General of Trinidad and Tobago (1918). He left Trinidad for England in 1922.

Cricketing career

He not only captained the first combined West Indies side in a first class match in the West Indies (during the 1896-97 season) but also the first West Indian touring side to England in 1900. Apparently it was at his suggestion that the Inter-Colonial Tournament was instigated, however he himself only ever played two matches in the competition. He made his debut in important matches playing for Trinidad against Slade Lucas's side in 1894-95 scoring 77 in his first innings. In 1896-97 he played in all four matches for Trinidad against the tourists, twice against Lord Hawke's team (which included his brother

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and then twice against Priestley's side and also captained the combined West Indies against Priestley's XI. He was captain of the first West Indian touring side to England in 1900 but contracted malarial fever and made only 7 appearances for the tourists. He had also toured Canada and the US with his brother

's team in 1898. As well as his brother

he had another brother Charles who also played for Trinidad.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Warner, Aucher 1859 births 1944 deaths Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford Members of the Inner Temple Attorneys General of British Trinidad and Tobago Pre-1928 West Indies cricketers Trinidad and Tobago cricketers P. F. Warner's XI cricketers Aucher