About Samuel Bateson
Lived 1821 – 1879 (aged 57). Samuel Bateson was a cricketer and barrister.
Samuel Stephen Bateson (13 October 1821 – 9 March 1879) was an Irish first-class cricketer and barrister.
Life The son of Sir Robert Bateson, he was born at Belfast in October 1821. He was educated in England at Rugby School, before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge. Bateson made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Cambridge University at Cambridge in 1844. Batting once in the match, he scored 3 runs in the MCC first innings before being dismissed by Henry Wroth.
A student of the Inner Temple, Bateson was called to the bar in 1847. Bateson was the subject of the photographer Camille Silvy's work in 1861. His other interests included agricultural sciences.
Family Bateson married in 1854 Florinda Handcock, daughter of Richard Handcock, 3rd Baron Castlemaine.
His brother was Thomas Bateson, 1st Baron Deramore.
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Who was Samuel Bateson?
British cricketer (1821-1879)
When was Samuel Bateson born?
Samuel Bateson was born on 13 October 1821 in Belfast.
When did Samuel Bateson die?
Samuel Bateson died on 9 March 1879 in Dornoch.
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Samuel Bateson was a cricketer and barrister.
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