John Shilton

John Edward Shilton (2 October 1861 – 27 September 1899) was an English cricketer who played first-class cricket in 1894 and 1895 for Warwickshire and in non-first-class games for the county from 1885. He was born at Horbury, West Yorkshire and died at Sedbergh, now in Cumbria. He was known to his contemporaries as "Jack Shilton". At birth, his surname was registered as "Shelton".

Shilton was a lower-order right-handed batsman and a left-arm bowler variously described as slow orthodox spin and medium-pace with the ability to "break both ways and vary his pace without in any way altering his action". Despite not playing for a major team, Shilton was selected for occasional first-class representative matches across the 1880s, appearing in the North v South game in 1884 and in England XIs against the 1886 and 1888 Australians. Other stories about him indicate a degree of arrogance. "He earned the name of Lord Warwick on account of his haughty bearing, and he had a very high opinion of his own powers," said one obituary. By 1895, he was ill with the tuberculosis that killed him four years later, and he played in only four matches; one of those was a benefit match for him which was intended to raise funds to help him to go to South Africa, where it was hoped he might recover. Typically, Shilton spent the money, but well-wishers and events such as a "smoking concert" subscribed enough for him to make the trip. He got into unspecified trouble in South Africa, however, and returned to England in 1897; too ill to continue his cricket career, he lived with his father in Sedbergh until his death.