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English cricketer and soldier

Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory
Personal information
Full nameLudovic Heathcoat-Amory
Born11 May 1881
Westminster, London, England
Died28 August 1918(1918-08-28) (aged 37)
Bayonvillers, Somme, France
BattingRight-handed
BowlingRight-arm fast
RelationsSir John Heathcoat-Amory (brother)
Henry Stanley (uncle)
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1902–1903Oxford University
1902–1910Devon
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 6
Runs scored 76
Batting average 6.90
100s/50s –/–
Top score 26
Balls bowled 426
Wickets 9
Bowling average 18.33
5 wickets in innings –
10 wickets in match –
Best bowling 4/55
Catches/stumpings 8/–
Source: Cricinfo, 4 May 2020

Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory (11 May 1881 – 25 August 1918) was an English first-class cricketer and soldier.

Early life

Heathcoat-Amory was born at Westminster on 11 May 1881. He was a son of Sir John Heathcoat-Amory, 1st Baronet and the former Henrietta Mary Unwin. His brother John and uncle Henry Stanley both played first-class cricket. He was educated at Eton College, before going up to Christ Church, Oxford.

Cricket career

While studying at Oxford, he played first-class cricket for Oxford University, making his debut against Surrey at Oxford in 1902. He played first-class cricket for Oxford until 1903, making six appearances. He scored a total of 76 runs in his six matches, with a high score of 26. With his right-arm fast bowling, he took 9 wickets at an average of 18.33 and with best figures of 4 for 55. In addition to playing first-class cricket, Heathcoat-Amory also appeared in three minor counties matches for Devon spread between 1902–10.

Career

After graduating from Oxford in 1904, he time touring South Africa, India, Australia and New Zealand with Edward Wood, the future 1st Earl of Halifax. Heathcoat-Amory served in the First World War with the Royal 1st Devon Yeomanry, which was attached to the Royal Artillery. He was made a temporary a lieutenant in December 1914, while in June 1915 he was made a temporary captain and the following year he was made a temporary major. He was promoted to the full rank of lieutenant in June 1917.

Personal life

In July 1911, he married Mary Stuart Bannatyne, a daughter of James Fitzgerald Bannatyne of Haldon House. Before his death in 1918, they had three children.

  • Patrick Gerald Heathcoat-Amory (1912–1942), a barrister who was killed in action, at age 30, in Libya during World War II.
  • Michael Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory (1914–1936), who was killed, at age 22, in an airplane accident.
  • Edgar Fitzgerald Heathcoat-Amory (1917–1944), who married Sonia Myrtle Denison, daughter of Capt. Edward Conyngham Denison (a grandson of Albert Denison, 1st Baron Londesborough) in 1940; he was killed in action, at age 26, at Normandy, France.

Heathcoat-Amory died of wounds received in action at Bayonvillers in France on 25 August 1918.

Descendants

Through his youngest son Edgar, he was posthumously a grandfather of Michael FitzGerald Heathcoat Amory (who married Arabella (née von Hofmannsthal) von Westenholz, former wife of Baron Piers von Westenholz), and Amanda Mary Heathcoat-Amory (who married Simon Cairns, 6th Earl Cairns).

References

  1. ^ "Major Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory". www.thepeerage.com. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  2. ^ McCrery, Nigel (30 July 2015). Final Wicket: Test and First Class Cricketers Killed in the Great War. Pen and Sword. p. 579. ISBN 978-1473864191.
  3. "First-Class Matches played by Ludovic Amory". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  4. "First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Ludovic Amory". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  5. "First-class Bowling For Each Team by Ludovic Amory". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  6. "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Ludovic Amory". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  7. ^ "Captain Ludovic Heathcoat-Amory". www.chch.ox.ac.uk. Retrieved 4 May 2020.
  8. "No. 29026". The London Gazette. 1 January 1915. p. 62.
  9. "No. 291956". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 June 1915. p. 5856.
  10. "No. 30124". The London Gazette (Supplement). 8 June 1917. p. 5734.
  11. ^ Mosley, Charles, editor. Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes. Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 1, page 640.

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