Hubert de Burgh (cricketer)
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Full name | Hubert Henry de Burgh | ||||||||||||||
Born | Naas, County Kildare, Ireland | 16 February 1879||||||||||||||
Died | 6 October 1960 Naas, County Kildare, Ireland | (aged 81)||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
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1905/06 | Europeans | ||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 1 January 2022 |
Captain Hubert Henry de Burgh (English:
Earlier in his life, he played a first-class match in India for a "Europeans" team against a Hindus team in February 1906.[3]
Commissioned into the Royal Navy in 1893, Hubert de Burgh was posted as a lieutenant to
mentioned in despatches. After commanding the Admiralty Yacht and serving in the mediterranean, Captain de Burgh retired in 1923 until he rejoined the RN in 1939.[citation needed
]
Captain de Burgh was the eldest son of Colonel Thomas John de Burgh, DL, JP of Oldtown, Naas, County Kildare (1851–1931)and Emily, daughter of Baron de Robeck. He was the brother of Captain Charles de Burgh DSO, RN, a submarine commander and Lieutenant Tom de Burgh of the 31st Duke of Connaught's Own Lancers who was killed in action in 1914.[citation needed]
The de Burghs of Oldtown have been at Oldtown since the house was built by Colonel
Thomas de Burgh, architect of Trinity College Dublin Library, The Custom House, The Royal Barracks and St Steven's Hospital in Dublin. Hubert de Burgh and descendants are the only remaining direct descendants of William de Burgh who first settled in Ireland in 1185.[citation needed
]
References
Citations
- ^ CricketArchive profile
- ^ CricketEurope Stats Zone profile
- ^ a b First-class matches played by Hubert de Burgh at CricketArchive
- ^ "Naval & Military intelligence". The Times. No. 36965. London. 31 December 1902. p. 4.
- ^ London Gazette, Supplement 1917 - Search Online