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Henry Bonham

1749 – 1800

English cricketer

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Lived 1749 – 1800. Henry Bonham was a British cricketer.

Henry Bonham (1749–1800) was an English cricketer and landowner. He played one game for Hampshire when their matches were organised by the Hambledon Club.

Biography Bonham was born to John Bonham of Petersfield, Hampshire, one of a family of two boys and two girls; the Bonhams were a well-known and well-to-do Hampshire family. He bought the Buriton estate in 1798 from Lord Stawell, who had previously acquired it from the historian Edward Gibbon. He was appointed High Sheriff of Hampshire from 1794 to 1795.

Bonham was very fond of cricket and belonged to the Hambledon Club, the forerunner of Hampshire Cricket Club, where he was Steward six times and also Secretary. Bonham played one important match in 1778 as a gentleman amateur against Surrey.

On Bonham's death in 1800 he was buried at East Meon. Buriton passed to his brother Thomas who willed it on his own death to his cousin John Carter. Carter then changed his name to Bonham-Carter.

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Born
1749
Birth century
Died
1800
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Positions held
High Sheriff of Hampshire

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Who was Henry Bonham?

English cricketer (1749-1800)

When was Henry Bonham born?

Henry Bonham was born in 1749.

When did Henry Bonham die?

Henry Bonham died in 1800.

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Henry Bonham was a cricketer.

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Henry Bonham was British.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Henry Bonham

· Wikidata: Q5718370

· DBpedia: Henry Bonham (cricketer)

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