Henry Soames (18 January 1843 — 30 August 1913) was an English first-class

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er and British Army officer.

Biography

Soames was the son of

William Soames William Aldwin Soames (10 July 1850 – 27 December 1916) was an English cricketer. Soames was a right-handed batsman. He was born at Brighton, Sussex, and was educated at Brighton College, which his father, William Aldwin Soames, had fou ...

, who founded Brighton College in 1845. He was born in

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in January 1843 and was educated at his fathers' college. After completing his education at Brighton, Soames enlisted in the British Army and was commissioned as a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery in January 1863. Soames played first-class cricket for Hampshire in 1867, appearing in a single match against Kent at Southborough. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed in Hampshire's first innings for 2 runs by

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, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 52 runs by Charles Payne, with his score being the highest score of the Hampshire innings. In the Royal Artillery, his promotion to

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followed in December 1875, before his subsequent retirement in November 1881. Soames retired to Laverstock near Salisbury in Wiltshire, where he died from heart failure in August 1913, leaving an estate worth a net of £48,573.Latest Wills. '' The Westminster Gazette''. 30 October 1913. p. 11 His brothers were William, a cricketer, and Arthur, a politician and architect.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Soames, Henry 1843 births 1913 deaths Cricketers from Brighton People educated at Brighton College Royal Artillery officers English cricketers Hampshire cricketers