Francis Henry Algernon Disney-Roebuck (7 October 1846 – 9 January 1919) was an

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first-class

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er and

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officer. Disney-Roebuck was born at

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in October 1846 to Anne Helen Lucy O'Halloran and her husband,

Francis Algernon Disney-Roebuck Francis Algernon Disney-Roebuck (1818 or 1819 – 22 March 1885), commonly referred to as Captain Disney-Roebuck or Captain Roebuck, was a British Army officer in Cape Town, South Africa, who became manager of a theatre company of historic import ...

. He was educated at the Royal Military College, where after graduating he was posted to the 83rd Foot in February 1864 as an

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. He was promoted to the rank of

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in April 1867. While serving in Ireland, he married Anna Marian Kate Bond in 1869, with the couple going onto have two sons. He was promoted to Captain in April 1870, soon after he transferred to the

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in July 1870. He made his debut in

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for the

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(MCC) in 1878, playing two matches against

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and

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. The 46th Foot and the 32nd Foot merged in 1881, forming the

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. Disney-Roebuck served in this new regiment where he was promoted in July 1881. He played two further first-class matches for the MCC in May 1882, against

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and Lancashire. Months later, Disney-Roebuck saw action in the

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of July–September 1882. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel July 1891, and retired from active service in July 1900, retaining the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. He died at Kensington in January 1919. He married Anna Marian Kate Bond in 1869. Their younger son, Claude, would also play first-class cricket.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Disney-Roebuck, Francis 1846 births 1919 deaths Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot officers English cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry officers British Army personnel of the Anglo-Egyptian War British expatriates in Pakistan