John Papillon (30 December 1806 – 20 October 1889) was an English cleric, and a

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er with amateur status. He was associated with

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and made his first-class debut in 1827. Papillon was educated at

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and then at

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, where he matriculated in 1825, and graduated B.A. in 1828. He became a Church of England priest and was

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, Kent, 1831–41 and of

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, Essex, from 1841 until his death.

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1806 births 1889 deaths English cricketers English cricketers of 1826 to 1863 Oxford University cricketers Alumni of University College, Oxford 19th-century English Anglican priests {{England-cricket-bio-1800s-stub