Sir George Wombwell, 2nd Baronet

Sir George Wombwell, 2nd Baronet (14 March 1769 – 28 October 1846) was an English cricketer with amateur status who played for the Marylebone Cricket Club.

Early life He was the son of Sir George Wombwell, 1st Baronet and Susannah Rawlinson (a daughter of Sir Thomas Rawlinson and Dorothea ( Ray) Rawlinson). His paternal grandparents were Roger Wombwell and Mary ( Chadwick) Wombwell.

Career He succeeded to his father's baronetcy in 1780 and held the office of Sheriff of Yorkshire from 1809 to 1810.

Personal life Sir George married twice. His first marriage was in 1791 to Lady Anne Belasyse (1760–1808), a daughter of Henry Belasyse, 2nd Earl Fauconberg of Newborough, Yorkshire, and the former Hon. Charlotte Lamb (daughter of Sir Matthew Lamb, 1st Baronet and sister of Peniston Lamb, 1st Viscount Melbourne). Through Lady Anne's sister, Lady Elizabeth, Sir George became a brother-in-law of Bernard Howard, 12th Duke of Norfolk. Before her death in 1808, they were the parents of two sons, including: Charles Orby Wombwell (1813–1898), who married Charlotte Catherine Hunter (the sister of his elder half-brother's wife Georgiana), in 1836. After her death, he married Frances Jane Baillie, daughter of David Baillie, in 1865.