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Edward Larkin Horne

1835 – 1908

English clergyman and cricketer

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Lived 1835 – 1908 (aged 72). Edward Larkin Horne was a British cricketer and anglican priest.

Edward Larkin Horne (22 April 1835 – 5 February 1908) was an English clergyman. He was also a cricketer who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University and Cambridge Town Club, known sometimes as "Cambridgeshire". He was born in London and died at Whissendine in Rutland.

Captain of cricket at Shrewsbury School in 1854, Horne appeared for Cambridge University between 1855 and 1858 in eight matches that have subsequently been designated as first-class, playing as an all-rounder: a lower order batsman and a bowler.

Career after university Horne graduated as the 35th Wrangler from Clare College, Cambridge in 1858 and was then ordained as a priest in the Church of England. He was vicar of Whissendine in Rutland from 1864 until he retired in 1906; he remained in the village and died there two years later.

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Clare College, Shrewsbury School
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Who was Edward Larkin Horne?

English clergyman and cricketer (1835-1908)

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Edward Larkin Horne was born on 22 April 1835.

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Edward Larkin Horne died on 5 February 1908.

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Edward Larkin Horne was a cricketer and anglican priest.

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Edward Larkin Horne was British.

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· Wikipedia: Edward Larkin Horne

· Wikidata: Q17198975

· DBpedia: Edward Horne

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