Thomas Provis Wickham (born 1810 in Weymouth, Dorset; died on 1 March 1890 in Machynlleth), probably best known as an English

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Personal life

Wickham was the son of the

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William Wickham and Margaret Provis, and brother of the reverend William Provis Trelawney Wickham (

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, the building of the ''Wickham Almshouses'' by his widow, was made possible by a bequest from his will). He had two sisters, Annabella (who married James Bennett, Sheriff of Somerset) and Caroline. According to Bernard Burke the Wickhams (of Horsington) were an ancient Somerset family, belonging to the

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. In 1835 he married Sarah Hussey. Little is known about him other than that he was a "gentleman". It is suggested that he spent some time in a debtors' prison.Court for the relieve of insolvent debtors, Saturday 6 June 1857
in the online version of The London Gazette; 9 June 1857; p 2047

Cricket

Wickham made his first-class debut and his only appearance for Hampshire against an All-England Eleven in 1850. In 1851, Wickham made his last first class appearance for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Cambridge University.

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