Henry Glanville Southwell (20 May 1830 – 2 July 1890) was an English first-class

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er and clergyman. The son of Henry Southwell, he was born in May 1830 at Saxmundham in

Suffolk Suffolk () is a ceremonial county of England in East Anglia. It borders Norfolk to the north, Cambridgeshire to the west and Essex to the south; the North Sea lies to the east. The county town is Ipswich; other important towns include Lowes ...

. He was educated at

Harrow School (The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God) , established = (Royal Charter) , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school , religion = Church of E ...

, where he played for the cricket eleven, before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge. While studying at Cambridge, he played first-class cricket for Cambridge University Cricket Club in 1852 and 1853, making six appearances. He scored 84 runs in his six matches, with a highest score of 22. His appearances in the University Matches of 1852 and 1853 gained him a cricket blue. After graduating from Cambridge, he took holy orders in the Anglican Church in 1856, when he was ordained a deacon at

Lincoln Cathedral Lincoln Cathedral, Lincoln Minster, or the Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Lincoln and sometimes St Mary's Cathedral, in Lincoln, England, is a Grade I listed cathedral and is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Lincoln. Constructio ...

. His first ecclesiastical post in Lincolnshire was as curate at

Usselby Usselby is a hamlet in the West Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. It is approximately north-west from the town of Market Rasen. Usselby, a former civil parish, is part of Osgodby civil parish. The parish church is dedicated to Saint ...

in 1856, a post he held until 1865. He was then curate at Croxby and Beelsby in 1865 to 1875, before becoming the reverend of Rothwell until his death in July 1890 at Nettleton, Lincolnshire. His son-in-law was the cricketer, jockey and politician

John Maunsell Richardson John Maunsell Richardson JP DL (Great Limber, Caistor, Lincolnshire 12 June 1846 – Westminster, London, 22 January 1912), known to his friends as the "Cat", was a cricketer who played First-class cricket for Cambridge University, Member o ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Southwell, Harry 1830 births 1890 deaths Cricketers from Norfolk People from Saxmundham People educated at Harrow School Alumni of Trinity College, Cambridge English cricketers Cambridge University cricketers 19th-century English Anglican priests