John Barker-Mill

Sir John Barker-Mill, 1st Baronet (4 December 1803 – 20 February 1860) was an English first-class cricketer.

Sir John Barker-Mill, Bt
Personal information
Full nameJohn Barker Mill
Born(1803-12-04)4 December 1803
Wareham, Dorset, England
Died20 February 1860(1860-02-20) (aged 56)
Mottisfont Abbey, Hampshire, England
Domestic team information
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1842Hampshire
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Competition FC
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Source: Cricinfo, 5 March 2010

Born John Barker in 1803, in accordance to the last will and testament of his maternal uncle Sir Charles Mill, 10th Baronet, he took the additional name of Mill by Royal Licence on 8 May 1835.[1]

The Reverend John Barker-Mill was created a Baronet 'of Mottisfont in the County of Southampton' on 16 March 1836.[2]

In 1842 three local gentlemen, Thomas Chamberlayne, Sir Frederick Hervey-Bathurst and Barker-Mill himself, financed the development of the Antelope Ground in Southampton.[3]

Barker-Mill made a single first-class appearance for Hampshire against the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1842. In his only first-class match Mill was absent hurt in both of Hampshire's innings.

Barker-Mill died at Mottisfont Abbey, Hampshire on 20 February 1860.

Marriage

Rev. John Barker married Jane (c. 1798-1884) daughter of Col. William Swinburne on 14 August 1828 at Keynsham, Somerset. They had no issue.

Lady Jane Barker-Mill died aged 85 at Mottisfont Abbey, Hampshire on 2 January 1884.

References
  1. "No. 19271". The London Gazette. 19 May 1835. p. 964.
  2. "No. 19359". The London Gazette. 23 February 1836. p. 358.
  3. "Antelope Ground, Southampton, England". www.cricinfo.com. Retrieved 5 June 2010.
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
(of Rumbelows)
1836–1860		 Extinct


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