Having attended Trinity Hall, Cambridge, Austin was ordained as a deacon in 1851.[6] After spending time in Germany, he moved to Demerara in British Guiana, during which he was the assistant master of Queen's College, Georgetown, a college which played an important role in establishing cricket in British Guiana. He later moved to Barbados, founding the St. John the Baptist Church in St. James Parish on the island, of which he was rector from 1860 until 1865.[6] Austin later opposed the plans of Barbados governor John Pope Hennessy for a federation of the Windward Islands, which would result in Barbados' self-government. He travelled to London to present a petition of opposition to the Colonial Office.[6] He was the rector of Saint Philip from 1875 to 1880, after which he returned to England having left the church 'under a cloud'.[6] He spent the following twenty years in England, where he was the rector of All Hallows Lombard Street. His wife died in 1900 and he returned to live with one of his sons back in Barbados, where he died in on 7 July 1908.[6] He was buried at St. John the Baptist Church, his grave marked as 'the Founder'.[6] In addition to being a clergyman, Austin was also a barrister.
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preston, austin, preston, bruce, austin, december, 1827, july, 1908, welsh, clergyman, barrister, cricketer, preston, austenpersonal, informationfull, namepreston, bruce, austinborn27, july, 1827llwydcoed, glamorgan, walesdied7, july, 1908, 1908, aged, barbado. Preston Bruce Austin 9 December 1827 7 July 1908 was a Welsh clergyman barrister and cricketer Preston AustenPersonal informationFull namePreston Bruce AustinBorn27 July 1827Llwydcoed Glamorgan WalesDied7 July 1908 1908 07 07 aged 80 BarbadosDomestic team informationYearsTeam1848Cambridge UniversityCareer statisticsCompetition First classMatches 1Runs scored 6Batting average 3 00100s 50s 0 0Top score 6Catches stumpings 0 Source Cricinfo 25 April 2014 Contents 1 Life 2 Family 3 References 4 External linksLife editHe was the third of the family of ten and second son of the Rev Wiltshire Stanton Austin and brother of Francis Austin 1 2 Born at Llwydcoed Glamorgan Austin made one first class cricket appearance for Cambridge University while undertaking studies there His only appearance came against the Gentlemen of Kent at the St Lawrence Ground in 1848 3 scoring 6 runs in the match 4 He later moved to the British West Indies while living there he stood as an umpire in one first class cricket match in 1897 5 Having attended Trinity Hall Cambridge Austin was ordained as a deacon in 1851 6 After spending time in Germany he moved to Demerara in British Guiana during which he was the assistant master of Queen s College Georgetown a college which played an important role in establishing cricket in British Guiana He later moved to Barbados founding the St John the Baptist Church in St James Parish on the island of which he was rector from 1860 until 1865 6 Austin later opposed the plans of Barbados governor John Pope Hennessy for a federation of the Windward Islands which would result in Barbados self government He travelled to London to present a petition of opposition to the Colonial Office 6 He was the rector of Saint Philip from 1875 to 1880 after which he returned to England having left the church under a cloud 6 He spent the following twenty years in England where he was the rector of All Hallows Lombard Street His wife died in 1900 and he returned to live with one of his sons back in Barbados where he died in on 7 July 1908 6 He was buried at St John the Baptist Church his grave marked as the Founder 6 In addition to being a clergyman Austin was also a barrister Family editAustin married on 9 December 1854 in the Cathedral Church of Saint Michael and All Angels Barbados Anna Eliza Griffith daughter of Richard S Griffith M D of Barbados 7 8 References edit Kortright Davis 1 May 2011 Cross and Crown in Barbados Caribbean Political Religion in the Late 19th Century Wipf and Stock Publishers p 76 ISBN 978 1 61097 061 7 Austin Preston Bruce ASTN848PB A Cambridge Alumni Database University of Cambridge First Class Matches played by Preston Austin CricketArchive Retrieved 25 April 2014 Gentlemen of Kent v Cambridge University 1848 CricketArchive Retrieved 25 April 2014 Preston Austin as Umpire in First Class Matches CricketArchive Retrieved 25 April 2014 a b c d e f Descendents of Thomas Austin of Barbados Archived from the original on 9 January 2009 Retrieved 26 April 2014 Marriages Morning Advertiser 6 January 1855 p 8 Retrieved 28 July 2016 via British Newspaper Archive David Dobson 1987 American Vital Records from the Gentleman s Magazine 1731 1868 Genealogical Publishing Com p 120 ISBN 978 0 8063 1177 7 External links editPreston Austin at ESPNcricinfo Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Preston Austin amp oldid 1181355312, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
