Sir Molyneux Nepean, 2nd Baronet (20 September 1783 – 4 June 1856) was an English

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er who played a single match for the

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Life

He was the eldest son of Sir Evan Nepean, 1st Baronet and his wife Margaret Skinner. He was educated at

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. In 1801 he matriculated at

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, graduating B.A. in 1805 and M.A. in 1808. A friend from Cambridge was

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. Nepean entered

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in 1803. He became clerk to the Supreme Court of Jamaica, a post he held for nearly 30 years. As a cricketer, Nepean is recorded in one match, totalling 0 runs with a highest score of 0

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. He succeeded as 2nd Baronet Nepean of Bothenhampton in October 1822.

Family

Nepean married first, in 1813, Charlotte Tilghman (died 1838), youngest daughter of Philemon (or Philip) Tilghman, son of

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and brother of

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, who served in the

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and his wife Harriet, daughter of

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. They had three sons and six daughters; the eldest son Molyneux succeeded his father in his title. The third son, Evan Philip Tilghman (born 1818) served in the

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. Of the daughters, Frances Augusta married James Blair Grove R.N. He married secondly, in 1852, Lydia Clark Wright (d. 1871), eldest daughter of William Clark Wright, of Murton House, Northumberland, by Charlotte Sarah Parr, and sister of

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; they had one daughter, Lilian Constance, who died young in 1853.

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* English cricketers English cricketers of 1787 to 1825 Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom 1783 births 1856 deaths Place of birth missing {{England-cricket-bio-1780s-stub