william, leese, baronet, william, hargreaves, leese, baronet, august, 1868, january, 1937, english, first, class, cricketer, barrister, personal, informationfull, namewilliam, hargreaves, leeseborn24, august, 1868send, surrey, englanddied17, january, 1937, 193. Sir William Hargreaves Leese 2nd Baronet JP 24 August 1868 17 January 1937 was an English first class cricketer and barrister Sir William Leese 2nd BaronetPersonal informationFull nameWilliam Hargreaves LeeseBorn24 August 1868Send Surrey EnglandDied17 January 1937 1937 01 17 aged 68 Sidmouth Devon EnglandBattingRight handedRelationsJoseph Leese father Vernon Leese brother Neville Leese brother Ernest Leese uncle Oliver Leese son Domestic team informationYearsTeam1889 1890Marylebone Cricket ClubCareer statisticsCompetition First classMatches 2Runs scored 57Batting average 14 25100s 50s Top score 35Catches stumpings 3 Source Cricinfo 21 April 2021The son of the cricketer and politician Sir Joseph Leese he was born in August 1868 at Send Surrey He was educated at Winchester College 1 where he played for the cricket eleven 2 From Winchester he went up to Trinity Hall Cambridge 3 During his studies at Cambridge Leese played first class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Cambridge University at Fenner s in 1889 and Oxford University at Lord s in 1890 4 He scored 57 runs in these two matches with a highest score of 35 5 Leese was an enthusiastic amateur actor when at Cambridge and was closely associated with the Footlights 3 A student of the Inner Temple he was called to the bar in 1893 In December of the same year he married Violet Mary Sandeman 1 He continued his interest in acting after leaving Cambridge His association with I Zingari led to him performing for the Old Stagers at the Canterbury Cricket Week he was additionally associated with the Windsor Strollers 3 By 1905 Leese was a partner in the legal firm Freshfields amp Co who were solicitors for the Bank of England 1 He succeeded to the Smyth baronetcy as the 2nd Baronet upon the death of his father in July 1914 3 He held the additional post of justice of the peace for Hertfordshire 3 Leese died in January 1937 at Sidmouth 2 He was succeeded as the 3rd Baronet by his son Sir Oliver Leese who commanded the Eighth Army and 11th Army Group in the final years of the Second World War From a cricketing family his brothers Vernon and Neville both played first class cricket as did his uncle Ernest Leese References edit a b c Dauglish M G Wainewright John Bannerman 1907 Winchester College 1836 1906 A Register Winchester P and G Wells p 408 a b Wisden Obituaries in 1937 ESPNcricinfo 2 December 2005 Retrieved 21 April 2021 a b c d e Venn John Alumni Cantabrigienses Vol 4 Cambridge University Press p 408 First Class Matches played by William Leese CricketArchive Retrieved 21 April 2021 First Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by William Leese CricketArchive Retrieved 21 April 2021 External links editSir William Leese 2nd Baronet at ESPNcricinfoPeerage of the United KingdomPreceded bySir Joseph Leese Baronet of Sendholme 1914 1937 Succeeded bySir Oliver Leese Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sir William Leese 2nd Baronet amp oldid 1156699676, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
