Sir George Wombwell, 2nd Baronet (14 March 1769 – 28 October 1846) was an English

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er with amateur status who played for the

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Early life

He was the son of Sir George Wombwell, 1st Baronet and Susannah Rawlinson (a daughter of Sir Thomas Rawlinson and Dorothea ( Ray) Rawlinson). His paternal grandparents were Roger Wombwell and Mary ( Chadwick) Wombwell. He graduated from

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with a Master of Arts.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.''

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(Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 4237.

Career

He succeeded to his father's baronetcy in 1780 and held the office of

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from 1809 to 1810.

Cricket

As a cricketer he was recorded in one first-class match in 1792, totalling 19 runs with a highest score of 19.

Personal life

Sir George married twice. His first marriage was in 1791 to Lady Anne Belasyse (1760–1808), a daughter of

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of Newborough, Yorkshire, and the former Hon. Charlotte Lamb (daughter of

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and sister of

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). Through Lady Anne's sister, Lady Elizabeth, Sir George became a brother-in-law of

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. Before her death in 1808, they were the parents of two sons, including: * Sir George Wombwell, 3rd Baronet (1792–1855), who married Georgiana Hunter, daughter of Thomas Orby Hunter (a grandson of Thomas Orby Hunter, MP for

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) and Frances Heywood (daughter of

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), in 1824. * Henry Walter Wombwell (1795–1835), who died unmarried. After her death, he married, secondly, to Eliza Little, daughter of T. E. Little, in 1813. Together, they had a son and a daughter, including: * Louisa Wombwell (d. 1882), who married widower Henry William Beauclerk, son of John Beauclerk and Mary FitzHugh, in 1840. Henry's first wife was Lady Katherine Ashburnham, a daughter of

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. From 1837, she had a lengthy relationship with

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, grandson of King

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and cousin of

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. * Charles Orby Wombwell (1813–1898), who married Charlotte Catherine Hunter (the sister of his elder half-brother's wife Georgiana), in 1836. After her death, he married Frances Jane Baillie, daughter of David Baillie, in 1865. Sir George died on 28 October 1846. He was succeeded by his eldest son

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