About William Mortimer
Lived 1833 – 1916 (aged 82–83). William Mortimer was a cricketer.
William Picton Mortimer (c. 1833 – 22 December 1916) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
Mortimer was born in about 1833, one of twenty children of Edward Horlock Mortimer and his wife, Frances Lardner. He made one appearance in first-class cricket for the Surrey Club against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord's in 1853. He batted in both Surrey Club innings', being dismissed without scoring by Jemmy Dean in their first-innings, while in their second-innings he was dismissed by James Grundy. He served in the British Army with the 80th Regiment of Foot in British India, later serving with the 11th Hussars, where he held the rank of lieutenant colonel. He died at Cheltenham in December 1916.
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Who was William Mortimer?
English cricketer and British Army officer (1833-1916)
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William Mortimer was born in 1833 in England.
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William Mortimer died on 22 December 1916 in Cheltenham.
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William Mortimer was a cricketer.
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