Lord Frederick Beauclerk
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The Revd Lord Frederick de Vere Beauclerk, a 19th-century aristocratic Anglican priest, was an outstanding but controversial English cricketer, the leading "amateur" player of the Napoleonic era.
Lord Frederick Beauclerk by Sir William Beechey
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Marylebone Cricket Club
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The Marylebone Cricket Club is an English cricket club founded in 1787, whose Lord's headquarters are dubbed "the Home of Cricket".
Lord Frederick Beauclerk
…priest, was an outstanding but controversial English cricketer, the leading "amateur" player of the Napoleonic era. Beauclerk served as President of Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) for 1826–27, after playing cricket for 35 years from 1791 to 1825. Lord Frederick Beauclerk was born in London on 8 May 1773, the fourth son of…
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