About Henry Burnell
Lived 1853 – 1910 (aged 56). Henry Burnell was a cricketer and barrister.
Henry Blomfield Burnell (14 November 1853 — 19 October 1910) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.
The son of Blomfield Burnell, he was born at Upper Clapton in November 1853. He was educated at Harrow School, before going up to Christ's College, Cambridge. A student of Lincoln's Inn, he was called to the bar in May 1879. In the same year he played in a first-class cricket match for the Marylebone Cricket Club against Kent at Tunbridge Wells. Batting once in the match, he was dismissed for a single run by Edward O'Shaughnessy. Burnell died at St John's Wood in October 1910.
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Who was Henry Burnell?
English cricketer and barrister
When was Henry Burnell born?
Henry Burnell was born on 14 November 1853 in Clapton, London, Middlesex.
When did Henry Burnell die?
Henry Burnell died on 19 October 1910 in London, St John's Wood.
What was Henry Burnell's occupation?
Henry Burnell was a cricketer and barrister.
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