Francis Henry Algernon Disney-Roebuck (7 October 1846 – 9 January 1919) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
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| Full name | Francis Henry Algernon Disney-Roebuck | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 7 October 1846 Trinidad | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 9 January 1919 (aged 72) Kensington, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Claude Disney-Roebuck (son) | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1878–1882 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 7 October 2018 | |||||||||||||||
Disney-Roebuck was born at Trinidad in October 1846 to Anne Helen Lucy O'Halloran and her husband, Francis Algernon Disney-Roebuck.[1] He was educated at the Royal Military College,[2] where after graduating he was posted to the 83rd Foot in February 1864 as an ensign.[2] He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in April 1867.[3] While serving in Ireland, he married Anna Marian Kate Bond in 1869, with the couple going onto have two sons.[4] He was promoted to captain in April 1870,[5] soon after he transferred to the 46th Foot in July 1870.[6]
He made his debut in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1878, playing two matches against Kent and Lancashire.[7] The 46th Foot and the 32nd Foot merged in 1881, forming the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Disney-Roebuck served in this new regiment, where he was promoted to major in July 1881.[8] He played two further first-class matches for the MCC in May 1882, against Cambridge University and Lancashire.[7] Months later, Disney-Roebuck saw action in the Anglo-Egyptian War of July–September 1882.[1] He was promoted to lieutenant colonel July 1891,[9] and retired from active service in July 1900, retaining the rank of lieutenant colonel.[10] He died at Kensington in January 1919. He married Anna Marian Kate Bond in 1869.[11] Their younger son, Claude, would also play first-class cricket.
References
edit- ^ a b "Profile: Francis Disney-Roebuck". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ^ a b "No. 22823". The London Gazette. 26 February 1864. p. 887.
- ^ "No. 23242". The London Gazette. 16 April 1867. p. 2312.
- ^ "Disney Roebuck, Francis Henry Algernon". www.combedown.org. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ^ "No. 23605". The London Gazette. 8 April 1870. p. 2098.
- ^ "No. 23635". The London Gazette. 19 July 1870. p. 3434.
- ^ a b "First-Class Matches played by Francis Disney-Roebuck". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 October 2018.
- ^ "No. 24999". The London Gazette. 26 July 1881. p. 3683.
- ^ "No. 26178". The London Gazette. 3 July 1891. p. 3530.
- ^ "No. 27207". The London Gazette. 3 July 1900. p. 4125.
- ^ "Francis Disney-Roebuck". freejournal.org. Archived from the original on 2 June 2021. Retrieved 2 June 2021.