Alexander Robb Cox (6 August 1865 – 21 November 1950) was an English racehorse owner who also played

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whilst at university. Cox was born at

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in 1865, the son of Alexander Robb Cox and Margaret Lockhart Greenshields. His father was a wealthy textiles merchant from a family which was originally based in

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. The family purchased the Hafod Elwy Estate in North Wales in 1864, initially as a base for hunting, and Cox later lived at Tan Llan near

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.Courtenay Welch R (1901) ''The Harrow School Register, 1800-1911'', p. 562.
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. Retrieved 2025-06-10.) Educated at

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where he played in the

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and

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teams, Cox went up to

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after leaving school in 1884. He played two first-class cricket matches for

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, although he did not win a

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. A wicket-keeper, he scored a total of six runs in the three innings in which he batted, with a highest score of four.Alexander Cox
CricketArchive. Retrieved 2025-06-10. He graduated in 1887 and went in to business in London. Venn JA (1944) ''

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'', part II, vol. II, p. 159. Cambridge:

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. Retrieved 2025-06-10.) In 1919 Cox's brother, the racehorse owner

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died, leaving his racing business and financial fortune to Cox. He won the Trial Stakes at

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with Ciceronnetta and the

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with Queen's Square in 1919,Notes and comments, ''

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'', volume XLIV, issue 10353, 9 August 1919, p. 11.
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. Retrieved 2025-06-10.) and became "well-known" as a racehorse owner, with his horses including Picaroon, one of the leading colts of the mid-1920s.Obituaries in 1950, ''

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'', 1951.
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. Retrieved 2025-06-10.) Cox died at Newmarket in 1950. he was aged 85.

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