Full name Edward Bligh Role Politician Name Edward Bligh | 1819 Cambridge University Batting style unknown hand Education Eton College | |
Born 1800 England Bowling style underarm: unknown hand and type Died November 2, 1840, Thames Ditton, United Kingdom | ||
Edward Bligh of Brittas (born about 1800 in County Meath, Ireland; died 11 April 1872 in Surrey, England) was an Irish landowner who played first-class cricket for Cambridge University in the 1810s. He is recorded in one match in 1819, totalling 26 runs with a highest score of 20 and holding 4 catches.
He was the second son of Thomas Cherburgh Bligh, and Lady Theodosia, daughter of John Bligh, 3rd Earl of Darnley. He was educated at Eton College, and matriculated in 1818 at St John's College, Cambridge. On 9 August 1820 at Horsham, he married Sophia Eversfield (1792-1843), daughter of William Markwick, who had changed his surname to Eversfield. They had two children:
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