Henry Hannington (15 January 1797 – 4 October 1870) was an English academic and cleric, who was also a

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er.

Life

The son of the Rev. John George Hannington, Rector of

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, he was educated at

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, and went to

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as a scholar in 1817. There he was made a Fellow in 1820, graduating

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in 1822;

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in 1825. He remained a Fellow until his death; he was

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of King's 1824–38. Ordained deacon in 1822 and priest in 1823, Hannington never took a

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. He died on 4 October 1870, at 11 Onslow Crescent,

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Cricket

Hannington was a cricketer associated with

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who is recorded in two matches, totalling 117 runs with a highest score of 63, completing one stumping and taking 2 wickets. With

Charles Oxenden Charles Oxenden (born 23 May 1800 at Deane, near Wingham Kent; died 17 March 1874 at Barham, Kent) was an English amateur cricketer who helped found the Cambridge University Cricket Club, and played first-class cricket for the club from 1820 to ...

he founded the Club in 1820.

References

English cricketers English cricketers of 1787 to 1825 Cambridge University cricketers 1797 births 1870 deaths People educated at Eton College Alumni of King's College, Cambridge Fellows of King's College, Cambridge 19th-century English Anglican priests People from Hanwell {{England-cricket-bio-1790s-stub