Sir Edward Boscawen Frederick, 9th Baronet (29 June 1880 – 26 October 1956) was an English first-class

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er,

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officer, and a Royal

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. The son of the 7th Baronet of the

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, he joined the army in February 1899 and would see action with the Royal Fusiliers in the Second Boer and

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's. As a

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er, he played for both

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and the

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. Having been seriously wounded during the First World War, Frederick would later serve as a

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during the reigns of

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, and

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Early life and military career

The second son of Sir Charles Frederick, and grandson of General Edward Frederick, he was born at Loppington Hall in

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. He was educated at

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, before attending the

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. He graduated from there into the

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as a

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in February 1899. He fought with the 2nd Battalion, Royal Fusiliers in the

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and was present at the battles of Colenso (December 1899) and the Tugela Heights (February 1900), leading to the

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(1 March 1900), following which he was promoted to

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later in March 1900. Serving in the

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in 1900, he stayed in South Africa throughout the war which ended with the

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in June 1902. Four months later he left

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on the with other officers and men of the battalion, arriving at Southampton in late October, when the battalion was posted to

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. Being garrisoned in Aldershot allowed Frederick to play

for Hampshire, making his debut in the 1903 County Championship against

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. He played first-class cricket for Hampshire until 1904, making five appearances. In these matches, he took 9 wickets with his right-arm slow bowling, at an

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of 36.77 and best figures of 3 for 41. In the army, he was promoted to

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in October 1904. He was appointed an

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in June 1907, and subsequently served in

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. While there, he made a single first-class appearance for the

against the

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in the 1907–08 Bombay Tournament.

First World War and later career

He returned to Sandhurst as an instructor from 1912 to 1914, but returned to active duty at the beginning of the

, being appointed a temporary

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in the fourth month of the war; he gained the rank in full in September 1915, prior to his appointment to the staff the following month. He was severely wounded later in the war, and was placed on the retired list after the war, in May 1919. In 1925, he was appointed an exon in the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard, replacing the deceased Colonel

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in the Royal Fusiliers in February 1924. Frederick was appointed an ensign of the guard in August 1937, a rank he maintained until his retirement in 1950. He became the 9th Baronet of the

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in October 1938, upon the death of his elder brother, Sir Charles Frederick. During the

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, he commanded a battalion of the

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. Frederick was appointed a Commander of the

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in the

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. Frederick died at

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in October 1956, and was succeeded as the 10th Baronet by his son, Sir Charles Frederick. He was one of three children (two sons and a daughter) he had with Edith Katherine Cortlandt, whom he had married in 1913. Their youngest son, John, was killed in action in 1943 during the Second World War. His uncle, John Frederick, was also a first-class cricketer.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Frederick, Edward Boscawen 1880 births 1956 deaths Cricketers from Shropshire Military personnel from Shropshire People educated at Eton College Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Royal Fusiliers officers British Army personnel of the Second Boer War English cricketers Hampshire cricketers Europeans cricketers British Army personnel of World War I Officers of the Yeomen of the Guard Baronets in the Baronetage of Great Britain Commanders of the Royal Victorian Order