Sir Edward Bray ((1849-08-19)19 August 1849 – (1926-06-19)19 June 1926) was an English lawyer and judge who served as a judge in Birmingham and London and as Controller of Contracts in the Indian Army Headquarters during World War I. He played cricket during the 1870s.[1]
^ abcEdward Bray (born 1849), CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-06-13. (subscription required).
^ abcVenn J, Venn JA (1940) Alumni Cantabrigienses, part II, vol I, p.366. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. (Available online. Retrieved 2020-06-13.)
^ abcSir Edward Bray, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-06-13.
edward, bray, judge, edward, bray, 1849, august, 1849, 1926, june, 1926, english, lawyer, judge, served, judge, birmingham, london, controller, contracts, indian, army, headquarters, during, world, played, cricket, during, 1870s, bray, born, shere, surrey, 184. Sir Edward Bray 1849 08 19 19 August 1849 1926 06 19 19 June 1926 was an English lawyer and judge who served as a judge in Birmingham and London and as Controller of Contracts in the Indian Army Headquarters during World War I He played cricket during the 1870s 1 Bray was born at Shere in Surrey in 1849 the son of Reginald Bray a solicitor and Justice of the Peace 2 He was educated at Westminster School where he played cricket in the school XI 3 4 He went on to study at Trinity College Cambridge where he gained cricket Blues in 1871 and 1872 Bray had already played for Surrey County Cricket Club and made his first class cricket debut in 1870 and made a total of 30 first class appearances between 1870 and 1879 the majority for his county side or Cambridge University 1 Bray s family was descended from Thomas More and he qualified as a barrister at Lincoln s Inn in 1875 3 He served as a County Court judge in Birmingham between 1905 and 1908 before returning to London as a judge at Bloomsbury and Brentford During the First World War he served as the Controller of Contracts in the Indian Army Headquarters 1 2 He received a knighthood in the 1919 New Year Honours 2 Bray s son Sir Edward Hugh Bray also served in India during the war and played first class cricket for Middlesex County Cricket Club and Cambridge University 5 Bray died at Kensington in London in 1926 aged 76 3 References edit a b c Edward Bray born 1849 CricketArchive Retrieved 2020 06 13 subscription required a b c Venn J Venn JA 1940 Alumni Cantabrigienses part II vol I p 366 Cambridge Cambridge University Press Available online Retrieved 2020 06 13 a b c Sir Edward Bray CricInfo Retrieved 2020 06 13 Bray His Honour Sir Edward Obituaries in 1926 Wisden Cricketers Almanack 1927 Retrieved 2020 06 13 Edward Bray born 1874 CricketArchive Retrieved 2020 06 13 subscription required External links editEdward Bray at ESPNcricinfo nbsp nbsp This biographical article related to an English cricket person born in the 1840s is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Edward Bray judge amp oldid 1085174681, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
