Edward Turnour, 5th Earl Winterton (15 August 1837 – 5 September 1907) was an
Irish
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peer and cricketer.
He married Lady Georgiana Susan Hamilton (1841–1913), daughter of
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn
James Hamilton, 1st Duke of Abercorn, (21 January 1811 – 31 October 1885), styled Viscount Hamilton from 1814 to 1818 and The Marquess of Abercorn from 1818 to 1868, was a British Conservative statesman who twice served as Lord Lieutenant of Ir ...
, by whom he had one son:
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Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton
Edward Turnour, 6th Earl Winterton, PC (4 April 1883 – 26 August 1962), styled Viscount Turnour until 1907, was an Irish peer and British politician who served as a Member of Parliament for 47 years, attaining the rare distinction of serving ...
(1883–1962)
He played
first-class cricket
First-class cricket, along with List A cricket and Twenty20 cricket, is one of the highest-standard forms of cricket. A first-class match is one of three or more days' scheduled duration between two sides of eleven players each and is officiall ...
for
Sussex
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and the
Marylebone Cricket Club
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.
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Turnour, Edward, 5th Earl Winterton
Winterton, Edward Turnour, 5th Earl
Irish cricketers
Sussex cricketers
Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
Presidents of the Marylebone Cricket Club
Earls Winterton
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