Frank Burnell-Nugent
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| Full name | Frank Henry Nugent | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 5 September 1880 The Vyne House, Sherborne St John, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 12 March 1942 (aged 61) Kingsclere, Hampshire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicketkeeper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| 1904 | Hampshire | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: Cricinfo, 19 January 2010 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.
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
- ^ a b c "Brig.-Gen. Frank Henry Burnell-Nugent". The Peerage. Retrieved 26 October 2018.
- ^ Hart´s Army list, 1903
- ^ "No. 27460". The London Gazette. 1 August 1902. p. 4968.
External links
- Frank Nugent at Cricinfo
- Frank Nugent at CricketArchive
- Use dmy dates from April 2012
- 1880 births
- 1942 deaths
- People from Basingstoke and Deane
- People educated at Winchester College
- English cricketers
- Hampshire cricketers
- British Army generals
- Rifle Brigade officers
- British Army personnel of the Second Boer War
- British Army personnel of World War I
- Companions of the Order of the Bath
- Companions of the Distinguished Service Order
- Officers of the Order of the British Empire