Francis William Pember JP (16 August 1862 – 19 January 1954) was an English first-class cricketer (a right-handed batsman),

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and University of Oxford academic, where he served as Vice-Chancellor. Francis Pember was the son of

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KC JP. He was educated at

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(for whom he played cricket) and

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, where he

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d on 21 October 1880. Pember made his first-class debut for Marylebone Cricket Club against his future club Hampshire in 1882. Pember played two further matches for the club, against Oxford University in 1883 and 1885. In the 1883 fixture Pember made his highest first-class score of 47 *. Pember made his debut for Hampshire in the 1885 season, which was Hampshire's last with first-class status until the

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. Pember made his county debut against

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at The Oval. Pember's second and final first-class match for the county came against Derbyshire in the 1885 season. He was called to the bar at

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, London, in 1889. He was a Fellow of

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, from 1884, Estate Bursar from 1910 to 1914, and

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from 1914 to 1932. He was Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University from 1926 to 1929. Pember was an Officier Légion d'honneur.Information

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, London. He married in 1895, The Hon. Margaret Bowen Davey, daughter of Horace Davey, Baron Davey. Their daughter Katharine Pember would marry

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in 1925. Pember died at Newnham, Cambridgeshire on 19 January 1954. He was cremated at Cambridge Crematorium on 24 January 1954.

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