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Henry Kingscote (cricketer, born 1802) : ウィキペディア英語版 | Henry Kingscote (cricketer, born 1802) Henry Robert Kingscote (25 May 1802 - 13 July 1882) was a philanthropist and English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1825 to 1844. ==Life== Born at Hinton, Hampshire, Kingscote was educated at Harrow and devoted much of his early life to cricket and hunting. After a narrow escape from drowning he turned his attention to religion and good works; becoming a friend of bishop Charles Blomfield, he helped found the Church of England Scripture Readers' Association and the Metropolitan Visiting and Relief Association. He also helped found churches and schools, sent aid to the Irish poor, sent aid to British troops in Crimea, and tried to found workshops for the blind. He was one of the founders of the British and Colonial Emigration Society, the South Australian Company, and the National Orphan Home at Ham Common. He died on 13 July 1882 at Westminster.
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