John Macartney-Filgate

John Victor Opynschae Macartney-Filgate (20 May 1897 — 23 July 1964) was an Irish first-class cricketer and British Indian Army officer.

The son of Edward Macartney-Filgate and Bertha Eugenie Lomax, he was born at Dublin in May 1897. He was educated in England at Rugby School, from where he joined the British Army to serve in the First World War. He was commissioned into the Royal Artillery as a second lieutenant on probation in July 1915, and was confirmed in that rank in May 1916. He was made an acting captain in May 1917, with promotion to lieutenant in July of the same year. Throughout the course of the war, Macartney-Filgate was twice wounded in action. For his service in the war, Macartney-Filgate was decorated by Belgium with the Croix de guerre. Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for a single run in the Europeans first innings by T. K. Sukumaran, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 10 runs by M. Venkataramanjulu. By profession he was a merchant banker and was a fellow of the Institute of Bankers. for which he was decorated with the Territorial Decoration in April 1950. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire in 1964. In later life he lived at Danbury, Essex. Macartney-Filgate died in London in July 1964; he was survived by his wife and their three children.