About Gilbert Lacy
Lived 1834 – 1878 (aged 44). Gilbert Lacy was a cricketer.
Gilbert de Lacy Lacy (26 February 1834 – 7 June 1878) was an English first-class cricketer.
A member of the de Lacy family, Lacy was born to Charles de Lacy Lacy at Tring in February 1826. He was educated at Westminster School, before going up to Magdalen College, Oxford. He made his debut in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Oxford University at Oxford in 1854, following this up with a second first-class appearance for the Gentlemen of England against the Gentlemen of Kent in the same year at Canterbury. At some point after this he left England for Cape Colony, where he died at Mount Frere in June 1878.
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(1834-1878)
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Gilbert Lacy was born on 26 February 1834 in Tring.
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Gilbert Lacy died on 7 June 1878 in Mount Frere.
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Gilbert Lacy was a cricketer.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Gilbert Lacy. https://biography.guide/gilbert-lacy/
MLA: "Gilbert Lacy." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/gilbert-lacy/.
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