Henry Thomas Lane

Henry Thomas Lane (17 May 1793 – 15 February 1834) was an English amateur cricketer who played during the early 19th century.

Lane was born at Marylebone in Middlesex in 1793, the son of Thomas and Mary Lane.[1] He lived at Hurstpierpoint in Sussex and was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, matriculating in 1811.[2][3][4] Lane was a member of MCC but played mainly for West Kent. He appeared in nine first-class cricket matches between 1817 and 1827, playing for MCC as well as early Kent and Hampshire sides and played twice for the Gentlemen against the Players.[1][4] He "failed to make any impression on the field" but was President of MCC in 1824/25 and has been described as "a well-liked character".[5]

Lane lived at Middleton House at Westmeston near Lewes in Sussex. Part of the house was designed by George Stanley Repton in 1828.[6] Lane married Jane Lambert in 1831.[1][2] He died at Middleton in 1834 of apoplexy at the age of 40.[1][5][7]

References
  1. Carlaw D Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806-1914, pp.278–279. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-04-12.)
  2. Stapylton HEC (1884) Eton school lists from 1791 to 1877, p.59. Eton: R. Ingalton Drake. (Available online. Retrieved 2020-04-12.)
  3. Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Lane, Henry Thomas" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  4. Henry Lane, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  5. Williamson M Henry Lane, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  6. Middleton Manor, Historic England. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
  7. Deaths, The Times, 1834-02-18, p.4. (The Times Digital Archive (subscription required). Retrieved 2020-04-12.)


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