Sir George Wombwell, 2nd Baronet

English cricketer, 1769-1846
The basics

Quick Facts

IntroEnglish cricketer, 1769-1846
PlacesUnited Kingdom Great Britain England
wasAthlete Cricketer
Work fieldSports
Gender
Male
Birth14 March 1769, England, United Kingdom
Death28 October 1846 (aged 77 years)
Star signPisces
Family
Mother:Susannah Rawlinson
Father:Sir George Wombwell, 1st Baronet
Children:Sir George Wombwell, 3rd Bt. Henry Walter Wombwell Louisa Wombwell Charles Wombwell
Sports Teams
Marylebone Cricket Club
The details

Biography

Sir George Wombwell, 2nd Baronet (14 March 1769 – 28 October 1846) was an English first-class cricketer with amateur status who was active in the 1790s playing for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). He was born the son of Sir George Wombwell, 1st Baronet and succeeded his father in 1780. As a cricketer he was recorded in one first-class match in 1792, totalling 19 runs with a highest score of 19.

He married twice: firstly Lady Anne Belasyse, daughter of Henry Belasyse, 2nd Earl Fauconberg of Newborough, Yorkshire with whom he had two sons, and secondly Eliza Little, daughter of T. E. Little with whom he had a son and a daughter. He was succeeded by his eldest son Sir George Wombwell, 3rd Baronet

Coat of arms of Sir George Wombwell, 2nd Baronet
Crest
A unicorn's head couped Argent.
Escutcheon
Gules a bend between six unicorns' heads couped Argent.
Motto
In Well Beware
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