William Fuller-Maitland (6 May 1844 – 15 November 1932) was an

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art collector and

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politician who sat in the

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from 1875 to 1895. A cricketer, he played

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for

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between 1864 and 1867, and for

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(MCC) between 1866 and 1870.

Early life

Fuller-Maitland was born at Stansted Hall,

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, the eldest son of

William Fuller Maitland William Fuller Maitland (1813–1876) was an English picture collector. Life Born 10 March 1813 in Mayfair, he was the second, but eldest surviving, son and heir of Ebenezer Fuller Maitland of Stansted, Essex and Shinfield Park in Berkshire, late ...

, of Stansted, and of Garth, Brecon, and his wife Lydia Prescott. His father was an art collector and had rebuilt Stansted Hall to house his collection, but died before he could enjoy it. Fuller Maitland was educated at

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and Harrow School where he was in the cricket XI for four years and at Christ Church, Oxford.

Cricketing career

While at Oxford he played cricket for Oxford University where he was a devastating bowler. In 1864 he took 8 for 58 against MCC, 8 for 48 against Surrey and in

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took four wickets in each innings for an Oxford victory. In 1865 he again took 4 wickets in each innings of the University match, and against Surrey took 6 for 100 and 6 for 35. He played the same matches in 1866 but his wicket tally was not so high. In 1867 he took 5 for 117 against Surrey. He subsequently played for Marylebone Cricket Club and for various other first-class sides including "Gentlemen" v Players, North of the Thames and I Zingari. Other teams he played for included South Wales, Bishops Stortford and Essex. Fuller-Maitland was a right-arm slow bowler and took 123 first-class wickets at an average of 15.72 and with a best performance of 8 for 48. He was a right-hand batsman and played 62 innings in 38 first-class matches with an average of 13.85 and a top score of 61.

Public offices

Fuller-Maitland was a J.P. and a Deputy Lieutenant of Breconshire, and a J.P. for Essex. He was elected as the

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(MP) for

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at a

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in May 1875, and held the seat until his retirement from the

at the 1895 election.

Private life

Fuller-Maitland sold Stansted Hall in 1921. He died at Kemp Town, Brighton, Sussex at the age of 88. Fuller-Maitland had married the Hon. Evelyn Coulstoun Gardner, daughter of the 3rd Baron Gardner in 1881. His grandson

Arthur Byng Arthur Maitland Byng (26 October 1872 — 14 September 1914) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer. The son of the soldier A. H. Byng, he was born at Southsea in October 1872. He was educated at The Grange School on the ...

played cricket for

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