Edward Gregory Morant Gale (1772–1855) was an English amateur

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er who made three known appearances in what are classified as first-class cricket matches between 1793 and 1795.Edward Morant
CricketArchive. Retrieve 2021-12-14. He was a noted patron of the game who organised a number of matches in the 1790s and was a plantation owner in the British West Indies.

Biography

Morant was born in 1772, the son of Edward Morant, a Member of Parliament, and his second wife Mary Whitehorne Goddard, daughter of James Goddard of Conduit Street, London. His family had owned a number of slave plantations producing sugar in Jamaica for generations, and Morant inherited the estates belonging to his aunt Elizabeth Morant and her husband William Gale who died in 1784, as well as those of his father who died in 1791.Edward Gregory Morant Gale Esq. born Morant
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The Gale-Morant Papers 1731-1925, University of Exeter Library. Retrieved 2021-12-14. He assumed the name Gale as part of the terms of his inheritance from his aunt. Morant served as ensign in the

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from 1791. As a cricketer, Morant played mainly for Marylebone Cricket Club and for Oldfield Cricket Club, a team in Berkshire. Arthur Haygarth, ''Scores & Biographies'', Volume 1 (1744-1826), Lillywhite, 1862 He played his debut first-class match for R Leigh's XI at Burley-on-the Hill in August 1792 and his last for Oldfield against a Middlesex XI at Lord's Old Ground in July 1795. He batted in six innings, was not out in three of them, and scored a total of 13 runs. He never bowled but took one wicket by stumping and another with a catch.Edward Morant

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. Retrieved 2021-12-14 Morant lived at Upham near Bishop's Waltham in Hampshire. He married twice: his first wife was Elizabeth Townsend whom he married in 1798, and his second wife was Emily Jane Gambier. His daughter Louisa married William Skipwith, son of

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in 1843. His son Edward John Morant Gale was also a cricketer, and married Maria Henrietta, second daughter of Sir Simeon Stuart in 1845. Morant died at Upham in August 1855. At his death most of his properties in Jamaica, where slavery had been abolished in 1838, were heavily mortgaged, with only one passing to his wife and son.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Morant, Edward 1772 births 1855 deaths English cricketers English cricketers of 1787 to 1825 Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Berkshire cricketers Cricket patrons