Henry Thomas Lane

Henry Thomas Lane (17 May 1793 – 15 February 1834) was an English amateur cricketer who played during the early 19th century.

Lane was born at Marylebone in Middlesex in 1793, the son of Thomas and Mary Lane.^[1] He lived at Hurstpierpoint in Sussex and was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford, matriculating in 1811.^[2]^[3]^[4] Lane was a member of MCC but played mainly for West Kent. He appeared in nine first-class cricket matches between 1817 and 1827, playing for MCC as well as early Kent and Hampshire sides and played twice for the Gentlemen against the Players.^[1]^[4] He "failed to make any impression on the field" but was President of MCC in 1824/25 and has been described as "a well-liked character".^[5]

Lane lived at Middleton House at Westmeston near Lewes in Sussex. Part of the house was designed by George Stanley Repton in 1828.^[6] Lane married Jane Lambert in 1831.^[1]^[2] He died at Middleton in 1834 of apoplexy at the age of 40.^[1]^[5]^[7]

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Carlaw D (2020) Kent County Cricketers A to Z. Part One: 1806–1914 (revised edition), p. 321. (Available online at the Association of Cricket Statisticians and Historians. Retrieved 2020-12-21.)
^ ^a ^b Stapylton HEC (1884) Eton school lists from 1791 to 1877, p.59. Eton: R. Ingalton Drake. (Available online. Retrieved 2020-04-12.)
^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Lane, Henry Thomas" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
^ ^a ^b Henry Lane, CricketArchive. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
^ ^a ^b Williamson M Henry Lane, CricInfo. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
^ Middleton Manor, Historic England. Retrieved 2020-04-12.
^ Deaths, The Times, 1834-02-18, p.4. (The Times Digital Archive (subscription required). Retrieved 2020-04-12.)

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