Sir Molyneux Nepean, 2nd Baronet

Sir Molyneux Hyde Nepean, 2nd Baronet (20 September 1783 in England – 4 June 1856 at Hexham, Northumberland) was an English first-class cricketer associated with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).

Life

He was the eldest son of Sir Evan Nepean, 1st Baronet and his wife Margaret Skinner. He was educated at Eton College. In 1801 he matriculated at Trinity College, Cambridge, graduating B.A. in 1805 and M.A. in 1808. A friend from Cambridge was George Pryme.

Nepean entered Lincoln's Inn in 1803. He became clerk to the Supreme Court of Jamaica, a post he held for nearly 30 years.

As a cricketer, Nepean was active in the first decade of the 19th century. He is recorded in one match, totalling 0 runs with a highest score of 0 not out. He succeeded as 2nd Baronet Nepean of Bothenhampton in October 1822.

Family

Nepean married first, in 1813, Charlotte Tilghman (died 1838), youngest daughter of Philemon (or Philip) Tilghman, son of James Tilghman and brother of Tench Tilghman, who served in the Royal Navy and his wife Harriet, daughter of Mark Milbanke. They had three sons and six daughters; the eldest son Molyneux succeeded his father in his title. The third son, Evan Philip Tilghman (born 1818) served in the Bengal Army. Of the daughters, Frances Augusta married James Blair Grove R.N.

He married secondly, in 1852, Lydia Clark Wright, eldest daughter of William Clark Wright of Muston House, Northumberland, and sister of William Barton Wright; they had one daughter who died young.