George Edward Milles-Lade, 2nd Earl Sondes (11 May 1861 – 1 October 1907), styled Viscount Throwley from 1880 to 1894, was an English aristocrat and amateur

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er. He was the eldest son of

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, and succeeded as the 2nd Earl in September 1894.Viscount Throwley
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-12-07. He was born at

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south of

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in 1861.Carlaw D (2020) ''Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914'' (revised edition), pp. 527–528.
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Educated at

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and

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, Milles-Lade was in the Eton cricket team in 1879 and 1880. In 1882 he made his

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debut for

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against

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, the first of six matches he played for the county side, making four appearances in 1882 and two in 1884.George Edward Milles-Lade, 2nd Earl Sondes
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'', 1908. Retrieved 2018-12-07. He played regularly in club cricket for teams such as

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and Band of Brothers, a club closely associated with Kent. He was elected President of the county club in 1891 and in the same year toured North America with Lord Hawke's side, playing in the two first-class matches during the tour against the

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. Milles-Lade's brother, Henry Milles, also played occasionally for Kent as well as on Lord Hawke's American tour. His father had also been a keen cricketer, playing in a single first-class game for the

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in 1849. The family were closely associated with Kent cricket throughout the 19th century.

Military service and death

Milles-Lade served in the

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with the

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where he was shot and wounded. His health suffered due to

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contracted as a result of the wound and he required repeated operations. He died aged 46 from heart failure following an operation in October 1907.Viscount Throwley

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. Retrieved 2018-12-07. He was unmarried and he was succeeded as Lord Sondes by his brother Lewis Arthur Milles, 3rd Earl Sondes.

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1861 births 1907 deaths English cricketers Kent cricketers Royal East Kent Yeomanry officers People educated at Eton College British Army personnel of the Second Boer War Lord Hawke's XI cricketers George 2 Milles-Lade family Cricketers from Kent Military personnel from Kent {{England-cricket-bio-1860s-stub