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John Leslie

1814 – 1897

Irish cricketer and barrister

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Lived 1814 – 1897 (aged 83). John Leslie was a cricketer and barrister.

John Leslie (3 November 1814 – 4 November 1897) was an Irish first-class cricketer and barrister.

A younger son of John Leslie senior, Bishop of Kilmore, Elphin and Ardagh and Isabella St. Lawrence he was born at Dromore in November 1814. He was educated in England at Harrow School, before matriculating at Christ Church, Oxford in 1833. While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket on two occasions in 1836. The first of these came for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Oxford University at Oxford, while the second match came for Oxford University against the MCC at Lord's. A student of both King's Inns in Dublin and of Lincoln's Inn, he was called to the bar in 1840 and January 1841 respectively. He was latterly a member of the Middle Temple. Leslie died a day after his 83rd birthday in November 1897 at Albury, Surrey.

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Christ Church, Harrow School

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Who was John Leslie?

Irish cricketer and barrister (1814-1897)

When was John Leslie born?

John Leslie was born on 3 November 1814 in Dromore.

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John Leslie died on 4 November 1897 in Albury.

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John Leslie was a cricketer and barrister.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: John Leslie

· Wikidata: Q76244743

· DBpedia: John Leslie (cricketer, born 1814)

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