Major Sir Cyril Berkeley Ormerod KBE (3 October 1897 – 1 November 1983) was an English soldier, diplomat and sportsman.
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| Full name | Cyril Berkeley Ormerod | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 3 October 1897 Edmonton, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 1 November 1983 (aged 86) Westminster, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm fast-medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1927 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Life and career
editBerkeley Ormerod was born in Edmonton, Middlesex, and educated at St Paul's School, London.[1]
He served in World War I, fighting at Arras and Ypres. He ended the war with the rank of major.[2] He joined the London Stock Exchange in 1927 and became a financial columnist.[2]
An opening bowler, he played cricket for Oxfordshire, representing them in a two-day match against the touring Indians in 1932, taking four wickets.[3] He played one first-class cricket match, for Marylebone Cricket Club against Wales at Lord's in 1927.[4] He also played golf; in 1924 he was Army Golf Champion.[1]
In World War II he was financial adviser for British Information Services in New York. He set up the office of Director of Public Relations in New York and occupied the position from 1945.[2] He accompanied Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip on their visit to the United States in 1957.[2]
He married Beatrice Sigrist, widow of the aircraft designer Frederick Sigrist, at St George's, Hanover Square in 1962.[nb 1][5][6] She died in 1981.[2]
Notes
edit- ^ General Record Office: Marriages Jun 1962, Ormerod Cyril B and Sigrist Beatrice widow, St George Hanover Square 5c 462
References
edit- ^ a b Wisden 1984, p. 1206.
- ^ a b c d e "Sir Berkeley Ormerod, 86, diplomat". Chicago Tribune: 22. 4 November 1983. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ "Oxfordshire v Indians 1932". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ "MCC v Wales 1927". CricketArchive. Retrieved 2 March 2017.
- ^ "Roses for a wedding". The Tatler. British Newspaper Archive. 11 July 1962. p. 16 cols 1-2. Retrieved 20 August 2022.
- ^ "1952 Press Photo Beatrice Sigrist, Husband Sir Berkeley Ormerod and Daughter". The Historic Images Outlet. Archived from the original on 3 March 2017. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
External links
edit- Berkeley Ormerod at ESPNcricinfo
- Berkeley Ormerod at CricketArchive