William Miles Nairne Kington (24 September 1838 – 21 April 1898) was an English army officer and

cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by striki ...

er. He was the son of Thomas Kington, the younger (1796–1857), and was educated at

Harrow School (The Faithful Dispensation of the Gifts of God) , established = (Royal Charter) , closed = , type = Public schoolIndependent schoolBoarding school , religion = Church of E ...

. In 1858 he was a cornet in the

5th Dragoon Guards The 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) Dragoon Guards was a British army cavalry regiment, officially formed in January 1686 as Shrewsbury's Regiment of Horse. Following a number of name changes, it became the 5th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) ...

. In 1864 he was a captain. He became lieutenant-colonel in the

4th Hussars The 4th Queen's Own Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army, first raised in 1685. It saw service for three centuries, including the First World War and the Second World War. It amalgamated with the 8th King's Royal Irish Hussars, to f ...

, and retired in 1880. Kington played cricket for

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in the 1858 season and later for

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in 1875 and 1876.

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1838 births 1898 deaths People educated at Harrow School 4th Queen's Own Hussars officers English cricketers Gloucestershire cricketers Cricketers from Bristol Manchester Cricket Club cricketers Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers 5th Dragoon Guards officers {{England-cricket-bio-1830s-stub