Francis Alexander MacKinnon, The 35th MacKinnon of MacKinnonDL (9 April 1848 – 27 February 1947) was the longest-lived Testcricketer until being surpassed by Eric Tindill of New Zealand on 8 November 2009. MacKinnon, who was 98 years, 324 days old when he died, was the oldest-ever first-class cricketer at that time.[1]
MacKinnon was born at Acryse Park, near Folkestone in Kent, and was educated at Harrow School. An amateur cricketer, he joined the MCC in 1870, and played first-class cricket from 1870 to 1885.
MacKinnon played for Kent County Cricket Club from 1875. He toured Australia with Lord Harris in 1878–79, and played his only Test on this tour, making 0 and 5 in his two innings, bowled by Fred Spofforth twice. His first dismissal was the second in the first Test hat-trick.[3] He was President of Kent in 1889.
In 1888, MacKinnon married the Hon. Emily Hood. They had one son and one daughter. His wife died in 1934.
He was a captain in the Royal East Kent Yeomanry from 1871 to 1893, promoted to honorary major in 1886 and resigned, but was re-appointed captain on 14 March 1900.[4] He was a justice of the peace and Deputy Lieutenant for Kent from 1900 to 1902. On the death of his father in 1903, he became The MacKinnon of Mackinnon, the 35th Chief of the Mackinnon Clan.
He died at his home, Drumduan, in Forres in Morayshire, Scotland.
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