About Freddie Calthorpe
Lived 1892 – 1935 (aged 43). Freddie Calthorpe was a British cricketer.
Frederick Somerset Gough Calthorpe (27 May 1892 – 19 November 1935), styled The Honourable from 1912, was an English first-class cricketer.
Born in London, Calthorpe ("pronounced with the first syllable rhyming with 'tall' and not with 'shall'") was a member of the Gough-Calthorpe family, the son of Somerset Frederick Gough-Calthorpe, who inherited the title of 8th Baron Calthorpe in 1912. Freddie Calthorpe was educated at Windlesham House School, Repton and Jesus College, Cambridge. He served in the Royal Air Force during World War I.
In a first-class career that extended from 1911 to 1935, Calthorpe played cricket for Sussex, Cambridge University, Warwickshire and England. He toured with Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) to Australia and New Zealand in 1922–23, a trip that also served as a honeymoon for him and his bride Dorothy. He captained Warwickshire from 1920 to 1929, and also led a strong MCC team on a tour of the West Indies in 1925–26.
He died of cancer in Worplesdon, Surrey.
Calthorpe is distantly related to the cricket commentator Henry Blofeld, and more closely to the England captain H. D. G. Leveson Gower and the early cricket patron John Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset.
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Who was Freddie Calthorpe?
cricketer (1892-1935)
When was Freddie Calthorpe born?
Freddie Calthorpe was born on 27 May 1892 in Kensington.
When did Freddie Calthorpe die?
Freddie Calthorpe died on 19 November 1935 in Worplesdon.
What was Freddie Calthorpe's occupation?
Freddie Calthorpe was a cricketer.
What nationality was Freddie Calthorpe?
Freddie Calthorpe was British.
Sources & further reading
· Wikipedia: Freddie Calthorpe
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Freddie Calthorpe. https://biography.guide/freddie-calthorpe/
MLA: "Freddie Calthorpe." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/freddie-calthorpe/.
Chicago: "Freddie Calthorpe." Biography.guide. https://biography.guide/freddie-calthorpe/.
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