About Robin Eliot
Lived 1942 – 2017 (aged 74). Robin Eliot was a businessperson and cricketer.
Robin Francis Eliot (7 March 1942 – 10 February 2017) was an English first-class cricketer and racing horse owner.
Eliot was born at Gloucester in March 1942. He was educated at Radley College, before going up to Lincoln College, Oxford. While studying at Oxford he made two appearances in first-class cricket in 1961. The first came for Oxford University against Leicestershire at Oxford, while the second came for L. C. Stevens' XI against Cambridge University at Eastbourne. After graduating from Oxford, he joined Lloyd's of London as an aviation underwriter, before running his own company from 1977–94. He had a keen interest in horse racing, owning National Hunt horses, including Deep Sensation which won the Queen Mother Champion Chase in 1993. He died in February 2017.
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Who was Robin Eliot?
English cricketer and racing horse owner (1942-2017)
When was Robin Eliot born?
Robin Eliot was born on 7 March 1942 in Gloucester.
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Robin Eliot died on 10 February 2017 in Crowborough.
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Robin Eliot was a businessperson and cricketer.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Robin Eliot. https://biography.guide/robin-eliot/
MLA: "Robin Eliot." Biography.guide, https://biography.guide/robin-eliot/.
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