About William Meryweather
Lived 1809 – 1841 (aged 32). William Meryweather was a British cricketer and barrister.
William Stephens Turner Mellish Meryweather (3 January 1809 – 4 May 1841) was an English cricketer who was associated with Cambridge University Cricket Club and made his debut in 1829.
He was educated at Charterhouse and Trinity College, Cambridge. In 1830, while he was at Cambridge, he and his two younger brothers took the surname of Turner in compliance with his grandfather's will, so that he became William Stephens Turner Mellish Turner. He was called to the Bar in 1831.
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Who was William Meryweather?
English cricketer (1809-1841)
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William Meryweather was born on 3 January 1809.
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William Meryweather died on 4 May 1841.
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William Meryweather was a cricketer and barrister.
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William Meryweather was British.
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