John Tufton, 2nd Baron Hothfield
Early life
Tufton was born in November 1873 at Hothfield Place near Ashford in Kent. He was the eldest son of Henry Tufton, 1st Baron Hothfield and his wife Alice and was educated at Eton College between 1887 and 1892.[1][2] He did not play cricket in the school XI but was a keen sportsman and came from a family with a "strong cricketing tradition" stretching back 150 years, his father having been President of Kent County Cricket Club in 1877.[3][4][5]
Army career
On leaving school in 1892, Tufton was commissioned as a
Tufton rejoined the Royal Sussex Regiment as a lieutenant in March 1900 during the
Following the war, the 3rd Royal Sussex became a reserve battalion in 1908 and Tufton was appointed
The division saw service in the
Tufton was called back into service briefly during the 1921 threat of a General Strike but the army was not required to take action and he again reverted to the reserve. He relinquished his commission in 1925 after reaching the maximum age (50) for service in the reserve.[1]
Cricket
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| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1897–1898 | Kent | ||||||||||||||
| FC debut | 31 May 1897 MCC v Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||
| Last FC | 15 May 1899 MCC v Leicestershire | ||||||||||||||
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Tufton played in 13 first-class cricket matches in the years after he first left the army between 1897 and 1899.[13] He was on the General Committee at Kent County Cricket Club between 1897 and 1909 and then again in 1914 and played club cricket regularly.[12] He made his first-class debut for MCC against Leicestershire at Lord's in May 1897 before playing in six first-class matches for Kent during the same season. Two matches for both MCC and Kent in 1898 were followed by another two for MCC in 1899, another appearance against Leicestershire marking the end of his first-class career.[1][12][14]
He continued to play club cricket until the 1914 season for sides including
Family life
As well as playing cricket, Tufton was a keen
He was appointed as
His second wife died in 1950, and Tufton died in December 1952 aged 79 at his Bayswater home.[1][13] His eldest son Henry succeeded him as the 3rd Baron Hothfield.[12]
References
- ^ ISBN 978-1-908336-63-7
- ^ a b c d e Lord Hothfield - Interest in Agriculture, The Times, 22 December 1952, p.8. (Available online at The Times Digital Archive (subscription required). Retrieved 2020-07-30.)
- ^ Lewis, p.301.
- ^ Hothfield, 1st Lord (Sir Henry James Tufton 2nd Bart.), Obituaries in 1926, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1927. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
- ^ Hothfield, the Second Baron, DSO (John Sackville Richards Tufton), Obituaries in 1952, Wisden Cricketers' Almanack, 1953. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
- Hart's Army List, 1896, p.133. (Available online. Retrieved 2020-07-30.)
- Hart's Army List, 1897, p.792. (Available online. Retrieved 2020-07-30.)
- ^ "No. 27175". The London Gazette. 20 March 1900. p. 1883.
- Hart's Army List, 1915, p.1202. (Available online. Retrieved 2020-07-30.)
- ^ The Army in South Africa - Troops returning home, The Times, 27 August 1902, p.6. (Available online at The Times Digital Archive (subscription required). Retrieved 2020-07-30.)
- ^ Hart (1915) p.451.
- ^ Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
- ^ CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-07-30.
- ^ John Tufton, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-07-30. (subscription required)
- ^ Carlaw, p.190.
- ^ Deaths, The Times, 7 January 1935, p.1. (Available online at The Times Digital Archive (subscription required). Retrieved 2020-07-30.)