About Henry Hannington
Lived 1797 – 1870 (aged 73). Henry Hannington was a British cricketer.
Henry Hannington (15 January 1797 – 4 October 1870) was an English academic and cleric, who was also a cricketer.
Life The son of the Rev. John George Hannington, Rector of Hampton Bishop, Herefordshire, he was educated at Eton College, and went to King's College, Cambridge as a scholar in 1817. There he was made a Fellow in 1820, graduating B.A. in 1822; M.A. in 1825. He remained a Fellow until his death; he was bursar of King's 1824–38.
Ordained deacon in 1822 and priest in 1823, Hannington never took a living. He died on 4 October 1870, at 11 Onslow Crescent, South Kensington. With Charles Oxenden he founded the Club in 1820.
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English cricketer (1797-1870)
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