Henry Robert Kingscote (25 May 1802 – 13 July 1882) was an English philanthropist and amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1825 to 1844. He was a founding director of the South Australian Company, and also founded several charitable organisations, churches and schools.
Born at Hinton, Hampshire, on 25 May 1802, Kingscote was educated at Harrow and devoted much of his early life to cricket and hunting.[citation needed]
After a narrow escape from drowning, he turned his attention to religion and good works; becoming a friend of bishop Charles Blomfield, he helped found the Church of England Scripture Readers' Association and the Metropolitan Visiting and Relief Association. He also helped to found churches and schools, sent aid to the Irish poor and British troops in Crimea, and tried to found workshops for the blind. He was one of the founders of the British and Colonial Emigration Society and the National Orphan Asylum at Ham Common.[2]
Cricket careerEdit
Kingscote was six-foot, 6 inches tall, and this often gave him an advantage. He first played at Lord's on 21 May 1823, and in 1827 he was elected president of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). He made 33 known appearances in first-class matches including 8 for the Gentlemen from 1825 to 1834.[3]
FamilyEdit
Henry Robert Kingscote was the second son of Thomas Kingscote (b. 9 Dec 1757, d. 15 Apr 1811) and Harriet Peyton, fourth daughter of Sir Henry Peyton. He married Harriett Elizabeth Tower, daughter of Christopher Thomas Tower, on 11 July 1833, and had 6 sons and 5 daughters.[4] His children were:
Aldena (1835–1908; married Sir Archibald Hope of Craighall, 12th Bt.)
Laura Elizabeth (1836–1927)
Henry (1837–8)
Emily Sophia (1839–1889; married James Graham in 1862)
^Gorton, Stan (26 October 2018). "Relative of Henry Kingscote visits Kangaroo Island". Islander Online. The Islander News. Retrieved 9 August 2019.
^From the Reformation to the Permissive Society: A Miscellany in Celebration of the 400th Anniversary of Lambeth Palace Library, Melanie Barber, Gabriel Sewell, Stephen Taylor, eds., Boydell & Brewer, 2010, p. 339 (note 102)
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