Major Reynold Alleyne Clement (3 March 1834 – 2 October 1905) was an English cricketer who played in three first-class matches. He was a member of

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's personal bodyguard, and was also

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from 1884 until his death in 1905.

Career

Early life

Reynold Alleyne Clement was born in Barbados in 1834. He was the son of Hampden Clement (1808 – 1880) – who was an English landowner who had been educated at

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– and of Philippa Cobham Alleyne. His paternal grandfather was Richard Clement (1754 – 1829), who was a Dutch owner of sugar plantations whose English residence was 13 Bolton Street, Mayfair. Reynold was the nephew of Martha Clement, who was the wife of Colonel Thomas Moody, Kt., who named a son, Hampden Clement Blamire Moody, after Reynold Clement's father, and through whom he was related to Major-General Richard Clement Moody, who was the founder and the first Lieutenant-Governor of

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. Reynold was named after his maternal grandfather, Sir Reynold Abel Alleyne, 2nd Baronet (1789 – 1870) of Barbados. Reynold Clement had three siblings: Rosalie,

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Reynold Clement was raised in England at No. 23 and No. 20

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, and at Snarestone Lodge,

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, Leicestershire. He was educated at

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and at

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, at which he matriculated in 1853. At Cambridge, as a consequence of the

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sympathies of many of the undergraduates, Reynold stated that he had been born at Snarestone Lodge, Leicestershire, although his actual birthplace was Barbados.

Cricket

He played cricket as a middle-order batsman both at Rugby School and at Cambridge University: in 1854 he was selected for the

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against

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, although he failed to score in either innings. He played for Cambridge only in the 1854 season. There is no record that he graduated from

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. By 1857, he was appearing in a minor match for a United Ireland eleven, and in 1863 his last first-class match was for the

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. Reynold's elder brother, Richard, played cricket for

and appeared in the 1853 University Match.

Army

After Cambridge, Clement joined the 68th Regiment and served during the 1860s in the

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, in which he attained the rank of Major. In 1876, he was a member of

's personal bodyguard.

Ascot Racecourse

He was appointed secretary to the Board of Trustees of

in 1881, and Clerk of the Course at the same in 1885, as which he made 'vast improvements' to the course and the stands.

Marriage and family

Reynold married Louisa Cecilia Blackwood, daughter of Henry Martin Blackwood and Harriet Louisa Bulkeley, and granddaughter of Vice-Admiral

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, in 1867. They had four children, including Sydney Reynold Clement, who moved to Australia in 1911 and was killed in action at Anzac Cove on 25 April 1915. Reynold died in 1905.

References

External links

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