George Milles-Lade, 2nd Earl Sondes

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Viscount Throwley
Personal information
Full name
George Henry Milles-Lade
Born(1861-05-11)11 May 1861
Lees Court, Sheldwich, Faversham, Kent
Died1 October 1907(1907-10-01) (aged 46)
Marylebone, London
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm medium
RelationsGeorge Milles, 1st Earl Sondes (father)
Henry Milles (brother)
Francis Gore (brother-in-law)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1882–1884Kent
Gentlemen of Philadelphia
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 8
Runs scored 168
Batting average 16.80
100s/50s 0/1
Top score 82
Balls bowled 200
Wickets 5
Bowling average 25.00
5 wickets in innings 0
10 wickets in match 0
Best bowling 3/29
Catches/stumpings 7/–
Source: CricInfo, 8 December 2018

George Edward Milles-Lade, 2nd Earl Sondes (11 May 1861 – 1 October 1907), styled Viscount Throwley from 1880 to 1894, was an English aristocrat and amateur

Lees Court at Sheldwich south of Faversham in Kent in 1861.[1][2]

Cricket

Educated at

Gentlemen of Philadelphia.[1][4]

Milles-Lade's brother,

Gentlemen of Kent in 1849. The family were closely associated with Kent cricket throughout the 19th century.[4]

Military service and death

Milles-Lade served in the Second Boer War with the Royal East Kent Yeomanry where he was shot and wounded.[3] His health suffered due to pleurisy contracted as a result of the wound and he required repeated operations. He died aged 46 from heart failure following an operation in October 1907.[3][4][5] He was unmarried and he was succeeded as Lord Sondes by his brother Lewis Arthur Milles, 3rd Earl Sondes.[3]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Viscount Throwley, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
  2. Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians
    . Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
  3. ^ a b c d e "Obituary". The Times. No. 38453. London. 2 October 1907. p. 6.
  4. ^ a b c d George Edward Milles-Lade, 2nd Earl Sondes, Obituaries in 1907, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1908. Retrieved 2018-12-07.
  5. CricInfo
    . Retrieved 2018-12-07.

External links

George Milles-Lade, 2nd Earl Sondes at ESPNcricinfo

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Earl Sondes
1894–1907 		Succeeded by


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