Frank Burnell-Nugent

Brigadier-General Frank Henry Burnell-Nugent, CB, DSO, OBE (5 September 1880 – 12 March 1942), born Frank Henry Nugent , was a British Army officer and an English first-class cricketer.

Frank Nugent
Personal information
Full nameFrank Henry Nugent
Born(1880-09-05)5 September 1880
The Vyne House, Sherborne St John, Hampshire, England
Died12 March 1942(1942-03-12) (aged 61)
Kingsclere, Hampshire, England
BattingRight-handed
RoleWicketkeeper
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1904Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition FC
Matches 1
Runs scored 0
Batting average 0.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 0
Balls bowled –
Wickets –
Bowling average –
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling –
Catches/stumpings 1/–
Source: Cricinfo, 19 January 2010

Family

Frank Nugent was the son of Albert Llewellyn Nugent, 3rd Baron Nugent, and Elizabeth Baltazzi. He attended Winchester College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He married Ellen Burnell in 1905, and changed his surname to Burnell-Nugent in 1916. He and his wife had one child, a son.[1]

Military career

Nugent was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Rifle Brigade (The Prince Consort's Own) on 11 November 1899, and promoted to a lieutenant (supernumerary) on 18 December 1900.[2] He received a regular commission as a lieutenant in the 3rd battalion of his regiment in August 1902.[3]

He fought in the Boer War, where he was wounded. He also fought in the First World War, was mentioned in despatches and was wounded. He was awarded the DSO in 1916 and the OBE in 1919.[1] He fought in the Iraq Rebellion in 1920, and was Brigadier of the Tientsin area, North China, between 1930 and 1933. He became a brigadier-general. He was appointed Companion, Order of the Bath (CB), in 1933.[1]

Cricket

Nugent was a right-handed batsman who played primarily as a wicketkeeper. He made a single first-class appearance for Hampshire against Worcestershire in the 1904 County Championship. Batting at number eleven, Nugent made two ducks and claimed a single catch behind the stumps to dismiss Frederick Pearson.

Nugent died at Kingsclere, Hampshire, on 12 March 1942.

References
  1. "Brig.-Gen. Frank Henry Burnell-Nugent". The Peerage. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
  2. Hart´s Army list, 1903
  3. "No. 27460". The London Gazette. 1 August 1902. p. 4968.
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