George Berkeley

George Fitz-Hardinge Berkeley (29 January 1870 – 14 November 1955) was an Anglo-Irish soldier, Irish nationalist, public servant, cricketer, and author.

Personal life George Fitz-Hardinge Berkeley was born in 1870, the only child of George Sackville Berkeley, a major in the Royal Engineers. with whom he co-wrote a history of Italian unification. In the First World War he was a brigade musketry officer with the 3rd Cavalry reserve. In 1920 he was active in the Irish Dominion League, which proposed Dominion status for Ireland, In 1954 he submitted two papers to the Irish Bureau of Military History relating to his 1914 and 1920 activities. He was a magistrate in Oxfordshire from 1906 to 1937.

Cricket career Berkeley played for Oxford University Cricket Club in the 1890s. A left-arm medium pace bowler, he took 131 wickets in 32 first-class appearances at an average of 20.75. He's best bowling performance occurred on his debut, when he took eight wickets for Oxford University in the first innings against the touring Australians. Berkeley was awarded his blue, appearing against Cambridge in the University match, in each of his four years at Oxford. He was Oxford's leading wicket-taker during his first three years at the university, but in the third, he was unable to play in all the matches, but maintained a strong bowling average. He played twice for Ireland, taking 11 for 75 against I Zingari in Phoenix Park in 1890. He later played minor counties cricket for Oxfordshire between 1904 and 1906.

Publications

(with Joan Berkeley; 3 volumes)