Sir Henry Bromley, 4th Baronet (1816–1895)
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Sir Henry Bromley, 4th Baronet (25 December 1816 – 21 September 1895) was an
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first-class
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er and cricket administrator. The son of Sir Robert Bromley, a
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admiral, he was born in December 1816 at Stoke Hall, Nottinghamshire and was educated at
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. Bromley was a keen cricketer and played a single
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match for the
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(MCC) against
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at
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in 1844. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed without scoring by
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in the MCC first innings, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 9 runs by the same bowler. In addition to playing first-class cricket, he also played minor matches for the Gentlemen of Nottinghamshire and for various club teams across Nottinghamshire. Bromley succeeded his father as the 4th Baronet of the
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upon the death of his father in July 1857. He entertained members of the Nottingham Commercial Club, where he befriended the Daft brothers
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and
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. A patron of Nottinghamshire cricket, Bromley was elected to the committee of
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in 1861, before being elected as the club's first president in 1869, a post he held until 1877. Outside of cricket, Bromley served as a deputy lieutenant for
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in 1869, before serving as
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in 1882. He was also a
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and served in the army with the
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, reaching the rank of
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. He died at Stoke Hall in September 1895, being succeeded as the 5th Baronet by his son, Sir Henry.


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