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Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory
Personal information
Full name
Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory
Born 11 May 1881
Westminster , London , England
Died 28 August 1918 (1918-08-28) (aged 37)
Bayonvillers , Somme , France
Batting Right-handed
Bowling Right-arm fast
Relations Sir John Heathcoat-Amory (brother)
Henry Stanley (uncle)
Domestic team information
Years Team
1902–1903 Oxford University
1902–1910 Devon
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 6
Runs scored 76
Batting average 6.90
100s/50s ?/?
Top score 26
Balls bowled 426
Wickets 9
Bowling average 18.33
5 wickets in innings ?
10 wickets in match ?
Best bowling 4/55
Catches/ stumpings 8/?
Source: Cricinfo , 4 May 2020

Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory (11 May 1881 ? 25 August 1918) was an English first-class cricketer and soldier.

Early life [ edit ]

Heathcoat-Amory was born at Westminster on 11 May 1881. He was a son of Sir John Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Baronet and the former Henrietta Mary Unwin. [1] His brother John and uncle Henry Stanley both played first-class cricket.

He was educated at Eton College , before going up to Christ Church, Oxford . [2]

Cricket career [ edit ]

While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University , making his debut against Surrey at Oxford in 1902. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1903, making six appearances. [3] He scored a total of 76 runs in his six matches, with a high score of 26. [4] With his right-arm fast bowling , he took 9 wickets at an average of 18.33 and with best figures of 4 for 55. [5] In addition to playing first-class cricket, Heathcoat-Amory also appeared in three minor counties matches for Devon spread between 1902?10. [6]

Career [ edit ]

After graduating from Oxford in 1904, he time touring South Africa, India, Australia and New Zealand with Edward Wood , the future 1st Earl of Halifax. [2] Heathcoat-Amory served in the First World War with the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry , which was attached to the Royal Artillery . [7] He was made a temporary a lieutenant in December 1914, [8] while in June 1915 he was made a temporary captain and the following year he was made a temporary major . [9] [7] He was promoted to the full rank of lieutenant in June 1917. [10]

Personal life [ edit ]

In July 1911, he married Mary Stuart Bannatyne, a daughter of James Fitzgerald Bannatyne of Haldon House . Before his death in 1918, they had three children. [1]

  • Patrick Gerald Heathcoat-Amory (1912?1942), a barrister who was killed in action, at age 30, in Libya during World War II . [11]
  • Michael Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory (1914?1936), who was killed, at age 22, in an airplane accident. [11]
  • Edgar Fitzgerald Heathcoat-Amory (1917?1944), who married Sonia Myrtle Denison, daughter of Capt. Edward Conyngham Denison (a grandson of Albert Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough ) in 1940; he was killed in action, at age 26, at Normandy , France. [11]

Heathcoat-Amory died of wounds received in action at Bayonvillers in France on 25 August 1918. [7]

Descendants [ edit ]

Through his youngest son Edgar, he was posthumously a grandfather of Michael FitzGerald Heathcoat Amory (who married Arabella ( nee von Hofmannsthal ) von Westenholz, former wife of Baron Piers von Westenholz ), and Amanda Mary Heathcoat-Amory (who married Simon Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns ). [11]

References [ edit ]

  1. ^ a b "Major Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory" . www.thepeerage.com . Retrieved 4 May 2020 .
  2. ^ a b McCrery, Nigel (30 July 2015). Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War . Pen and Sword . p. 579. ISBN   978-1473864191 .
  3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Ludovic Amory" . CricketArchive . Retrieved 4 May 2020 .
  4. ^ "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Ludovic Amory" . CricketArchive . Retrieved 4 May 2020 .
  5. ^ "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Ludovic Amory" . CricketArchive . Retrieved 4 May 2020 .
  6. ^ "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Ludovic Amory" . CricketArchive . Retrieved 4 May 2020 .
  7. ^ a b c "Captain Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory" . www.chch.ox.ac.uk . Retrieved 4 May 2020 .
  8. ^ "No. 29026" . The London Gazette . 1 January 1915. p. 62.
  9. ^ "No. 291956" . The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 1915. p. 5856.
  10. ^ "No. 30124" . The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 1917. p. 5734.
  11. ^ a b c d Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware , U.S.A. : Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 640.

External links [ edit ]

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