Robert John Farquharson Remnant, 2nd Baron Remnant MBE (29 March 1895 – 4 June 1967) was an English

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er, active from 1920 to 1936. A right-handed

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and right-arm medium-fast bowler, he made three appearances in

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but was mostly associated with

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. The son of James Remnant, 1st Baron Remnant, Remnant was born at

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. He was educated at

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and later attended

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. Remnant served with the

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during the

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, reaching the rank of

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. He made his debut in minor counties cricket for

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following the war in 1920 against

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at Watford. He played regularly for Berkshire throughout the 1920s, and in 1931 he was selected to play in first-class match for a combined Minor Counties cricket team against the touring

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at Gainsborough. He succeeded his father as the 2nd Baron Remnant in 1933. He made two further first-class appearances for the Minor Counties cricket team in 1934 and 1936, playing twice against

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at the

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. In his three first-class appearances he scored a total of 113 runs with a high score of 47, while with the ball he took 5 wickets with best figures of 3/80. He continued to play minor counties cricket for Berkshire until 1936, by which point he had made 73 appearances. He was made an MBE in the 1945 honours list. He died at his home, Bear Place, at Hare Hatch near Wargrave in

, on 4 June 1967, and was succeeded as the 3rd Baron upon his death by his son, James Wogan Remnant. His brother

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, and uncle, Cunliffe Gosling, were both first-class cricketers.

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