Sir Charles Cuyler, 4th Baronet, (15 August 1867 – 1 October 1919) was an

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first-class

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er and

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officer. The son of Sir Charles Cuyler, he was born in August 1867 at

Almondsbury, Gloucestershire Almondsbury () is a large village and civil parish in South Gloucestershire, England. It is situated on the A38 road in the Avon Green Belt north of Bristol city centre. It is adjacent to junction 16 of the M5 motorway and Almondsbury Interc ...

and was educated at

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. His father died during his final year at Clifton, with Cuyler succeeding him as the 4th Baronet of the

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in August 1885. From Clifton he went up to the

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where he graduated into the

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as a second lieutenant in September 1887. He was promoted to

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in January 1890, with promotion to

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coming in January 1895. Cuyler also played

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in 1895 for the

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(MCC) at

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against

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. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed in both MCC innings' without scoring by Ernest Ensor and Robert Gwynn respectively. He became an instructor at Sandhurst in August 1897, a post he held until January 1903. He was seconded for service as an

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of volunteers in January 1904. He retired from active service in September 1907, by which time he held the rank of

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. Cuyler was recommissioned during the

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, gaining the temporary rank of lieutenant colonel while commanding a depot. He was made an

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in the

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for services commanding the 43rd Regimental District Recruiting Area. Cuyler died suddenly without issue at

Shotover Park Shotover Park (also called Shotover House) is an 18th-century country house and park near Wheatley, Oxfordshire, England. The house, garden and parkland are Grade I-listed with English Heritage, and 18 additional structures on the property are a ...

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in October 1919.Deaths. ''

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''. 11 October 1919. p. 26 He was succeeded as the 5th Baronet by his brother Sir George Cuyler.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cuyler, Charles 1867 births 1919 deaths People from Almondsbury People educated at Clifton College Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry officers Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom English cricketers Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers British Army personnel of World War I Officers of the Order of the British Empire Cuyler family Cricketers from Gloucestershire