Sir Foster Hugh Egerton Cunliffe, 6th Baronet (17 August 1875 – 10 July 1916) was an English historian and

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er who played for

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from 1895 to 1898, for

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from 1897 to 1903 and for

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(MCC) from 1899 to 1903. He was killed serving in

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Biography

Cunliffe was born in

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, London, the son of

Sir Robert Cunliffe, 5th Baronet Sir Robert Alfred Cunliffe, 5th Baronet (17 January 1839 – 18 June 1905) was a British Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1872 and 1885. Career Cunliffe was the son of Robert Ellis Cunliffe, of the ...

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and his wife Eleanor Susan Emily Leigh daughter of Egerton Leigh. He was educated

Eton College Eton College () is a public school in Eton, Berkshire, England. It was founded in 1440 by Henry VI under the name ''Kynge's College of Our Ladye of Eton besyde Windesore'',Nevill, p. 3 ff. intended as a sister institution to King's College, ...

and at New College, Oxford and played cricket for the university from 1895 to 1898. In 1897 he made his debut for Middlesex and in 1899 began playing for MCC. Cunliffe was a left-hand batsman and played 85 innings in 56 first-class matches with an average of 15.36 and a top score of 70. He was a left-arm medium pace bowler and took 235 first-class wickets with an average of 21.78 and a best performance of 8 for 26. Cunliffe also played non-first class county cricket for

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, in two matches in 1895. Cunliffe became a Fellow of All Souls College, Oxford and the first lecturer in military history at

, 1905–1908. in this capacity he worked closely with the history tutor

C.T. Atkinson Christopher Thomas Atkinson (born on 6 September 1874 - died 18 February 1964) was the preeminent tutor for British military history at the University of Oxford in the first half of the twentieth century. Early life, education, and family Atkinso ...

Exeter College, Oxford (Let Exeter Flourish) , old_names = ''Stapeldon Hall'' , named_for = Walter de Stapledon, Bishop of Exeter , established = , sister_college = Emmanuel College, Cambridge , rector = Sir Richard Trainor ...

. He wrote ''The History of the Boer War''. He inherited the

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on the death of his father in 1905. During

, Cunliffe served with the 13th Battalion,

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and reached the rank of major. He died of wounds at

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, France. He was buried at Bapaume Post Military Cemetery, Albert, Somme.Lords Cricket Ground
Roll of Honour

References

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