Edward Bligh of Brittas DL JP (1797 – 11 April 1872) was an Irish landowner who played

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for Cambridge University in the 1810s. He is recorded in one match in 1819, totaling 26 runs with a highest score of 20 and holding 4 catches.

Early life

He was the second son of

Thomas Cherburgh Bligh Thomas Cherburgh Bligh ( – 17 September 1830) was an Anglo-Irish Whig politician who served in the Irish House of Commons and the Parliament of the United Kingdom. Early life He was the eldest son of the Very Rev. Robert Bligh, Dean of Elp ...

, and Lady Theodosia Bligh, daughter of

John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley (1 October 1719 – 31 July 1781), styled ''The Hon. John Bligh'' between 1721 and 1747, lord of the Manor of Cobham, Kent, was a British parliamentarian. Background Bligh was the son of John Bligh, 1st Earl ...

Education and cricket career

He was educated at

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, and matriculated in 1818 at

St John's College, Cambridge St John's College, formally the College of St John the Evangelist in the University of Cambridge, is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge, founded by the House of Tudor, Tudor matriarch L ...

. At Cambridge, he played

. He is recorded in one match in 1819, totaling 26 runs with a highest score of 20 and holding 4 catches.

Personal life

On 9 August 1820 at

Horsham Horsham () is a market town on the upper reaches of the River Arun on the fringe of the Weald in West Sussex, England. The town is south south-west of London, north-west of Brighton and north-east of the county town of Chichester. Nearby to ...

, he married Sophia Eversfield (1792–1843), daughter of William Markwick, who had changed his surname to Eversfield. They had two children: * Theodosia Sophia Bligh (1821–1898), who in 1850 married Edward Tredcroft, and; * Frederick Cherburgh Bligh (1828–1901)Frederick Cherburgh Bligh, Nobber, Meath, Ireland; FHL microfilm 0962187 IT 8. who in 1858 married Emily Matilda East, daughter of Hinton East.

References

1797 births 1872 deaths

Edward Edward is an English male name. It is derived from the Anglo-Saxon name ''Ēadweard'', composed of the elements '' ēad'' "wealth, fortunate; prosperous" and '' weard'' "guardian, protector”. History The name Edward was very popular in Anglo-S ...

People educated at Eton College Cricketers from County Meath English cricketers of 1787 to 1825 Irish cricketers Cambridge University cricketers Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge 19th-century Irish landowners {{England-cricket-bio-1800s-stub