Robert Longden
Robert Knight Longden (27 May 1817 – 19 June 1895) was an English
cricketer who played first-class cricket fleetingly for Cambridge University in 1837.[1] He was born at Marylebone in London and died at Lavenham, Suffolk
.
Educated at
University Match against Oxford
in the 1837 season.
After leaving Cambridge, Longden was ordained as a Church of England priest; he was curate at Groton, Suffolk from 1851 and rector of Brent Eleigh, also in Suffolk, from 1860 until his death in 1895.[2] The account of his funeral in the Bury and Norwich Post newspaper indicates that he was married and had three sons.[3]
References
- ^ a b "Robert Longden". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ a b J. Venn and J. A. Venn. "Alumni Cantabrigienses: Robert Longden". p. 206. Retrieved 13 August 2014.
- ^ "Brent Eleigh: Funeral of the Rector". Bury and Norwich Post (British Newspaper Archive). Bury St Edmunds. 25 June 1895. p. 8.