Sir John Laurie, 3rd Baronet

Sir John Robert Laurie Emilius Bayley, 3rd Baronet (16 May 1823 – 4 December 1917), later Sir Emilius Laurie, was an English clergyman, baronet and amateur cricketer. He was generally known by his middle-name Emilius and changed his surname to Laurie in 1887.

Early life Bayley was born at Bloomsbury in London in May 1823, the son of lawyer Sir John Bayley, 2nd Baronet and his first wife Charlotte. He is thought to have been given the name Emilius, by which he was generally known, after the name of one of his father's horses which won The Derby in 1823. His grandfather, Sir John Bayley, 1st Baronet, had the Bayley Baronetcy of Bedford Square created for him in 1834. This became known as the Laurie baronetcy after 1887.

Bayley was educated at Eton college where he was in the cricket team for four years and captain in 1840 and 1841. He went up to Trinity College, Cambridge, matriculating in 1846 although he did not actually attend Trinity until 1861 and became a ten-year man and was awarded his Bachelor of Divinity in 1862.

Cricketing career Bayley played for Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Cambridge University in 1842; his father was President of the club in 1844. He appeared nine times for Kent County Cricket Club between 1842 and 1844, first playing for the team before its foundation at the 1842 Canterbury Cricket Week. He was considered a "hard-hitting batsman", particularly on the leg-side, Blanche Alice May Laurie (1857–1945) Sir Wilfrid Emilius Laurie, 5th Baronet (1859–1936) Cecil Emilius Laurie (1862–1919)

Bayley died in 1917 at Maxwelton at the age of 94. At the time he was believed by Wisden to be the oldest living cricketer "of any note in England".