Q5728629

Henry Stanley

cricketer

Bio	Henry Thomas Stanley was an English cricketer who played 63 first-class matches for Somerset County Cricket Club and the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) between 1894 and 1899. He was the older son of the wealthy Edward Stanley MP and heir to the Quantock Lodge Estate in Somerset. He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the service of the West Somerset Yeoman Cavalry, and was killed in action during the Second Boer War, at Hekpoort, South Africa in 1900.²
Born	1873 Aug 20¹
Died	1900 Sep 14¹
Occupation	cricketer¹
Cause of death	Unknown
Status	Confirmed: Henry Stanley is a 27 Club member