About Edmund Waller
Lived 1838 – 1871 (aged 32). Edmund Waller was a cricketer and military officer.
Capt. Edmund Waller (7 December 1838 – 6 February 1871) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
Early life and family
Waller was born in December 1838 at Bishop's Tachbrook, Warwickshire, the third son of Church of England reverend Ernest Adolphus Waller and grandson of noted eye surgeon Sir Wathen Waller. He was educated at Marlborough College, where he captained the college cricket team.
Military career From Marlborough he enlisted in the British Army as an ensign in the 7th Royal Fusiliers, before purchasing the rank of lieutenant in July 1858.
In May 1866, he was promoted to captain.
Cricket Waller made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of Kent against the Gentlemen of Marylebone Cricket Club at Canterbury in 1865. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed in the Gentlemen of Kent first innings for 16 runs by Henry Arkwright, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 6 runs by the same bowler.
Personal life Waller died, unmarried, at Eaton Square in Pimlico on 6 February 1871.
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Who was Edmund Waller?
English cricketer and British Army lieutenant (1838-1871)
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Edmund Waller was born on 7 December 1838 in Bishop's Tachbrook.
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Edmund Waller died on 6 February 1871 in Pimlico.
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Edmund Waller was a cricketer and military officer.
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· DBpedia: Edmund Waller (cricketer)
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