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Gloucester Gambier CB (bef. 1812 - 1872)

Maj. Gen. Gloucester Gambier CB
Born before in Shenley, Hertfordshire, Englandmap [uncertain]
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Died after age 59 in Gosport, Hampshire, Englandmap
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Biography

Gloucester Gambier son of James Gambier and his wife, Jemima Snell, was baptised at Shenley in Hertfordshire on 8 June 1813. [1] [2]Gloucester was a cricketer of some small note, playing with the MCC and in 1838 played in the match, MCC versus the Gentlemen of Kent at Chiselhurst 20-21 of August. [2] Playing for Kent he managed to get 5 runs in two innings. [3]

In 1841 he was serving at the Royal Artillery Barracks, Woolwich, commanding officer Lt Colonel William Wylde.[4] In 1844 he played for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of England at Lords 17-18 June. [2] In this match he suffered the ignominy of being bowled for a "duck" in the first innings and didn't bat in the second. [5] It appears that he did not play first class cricket again.

A Colonel in 1869 he was promoted Major General to replace John William Ormsby deceased, by brevet dated the 18th of March. [6]

In 1872 he was staying with his brother, Admiral Robert Gambier, at the Crescent in Alverstoke where he died on the 29th of March. [7] He was buried in the churchyard of nearby St Mark. [8] The church was less than 70 years old when it was demolished as unsafe in 1911. Today it is a beautifully cared for cemetery packed with graves though the outline of the church remains. [9]

Sources

  1. ↑ Baptismal record Shenley, Hertfordshire (8 June 1813 Gloucester Gambier son of James Gambier and Jemima) Viewed at ancestry. Text only
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 crincinfo Gloucester Gambier
  3. ↑ Runs 1838
  4. ↑ 1841 Census return
  5. ↑ Runs 1844
  6. ↑ The London Gazette Publication date:2 April 1869 Issue:23484 Page:2053
  7. ↑ National Probate Calendar (24 April 1872 Gloucester Gambier late a Major General in Her Majesty's Army. Died 29 March 1872 at Anglesey in Hampshire. Effects under £1500. Administration granted to Vice Admiral Robert FitzGerald Gambier of Anglesey, brother and sole executor)
  8. ↑ Index of graves St Mark, Alverstoke
  9. ↑ The Friends Of St.Mark’s Churchyard




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