Henry Palairet

{{short description|English cricketer and archer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2021}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name = Henry Palairet

| image =

| country = England

| fullname = Henry Hamilton Palairet

| birth_date = 8 January 1845

| birth_place = Bradford-on-Avon, Wiltshire, England

| death_date = {{death date and age|1923|3|20|1845|1|8|df=yes}}

| death_place = Cattistock, Dorset, England

| nickname =

| family = {{ubl|Lionel Palairet (son)|Richard Palairet (son)}}

| batting =

| bowling =

| role = Wicket-keeper

| club1 = MCC

| year1 = {{nowrap|1868–1869}}

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 2

| runs1 = 28

| bat avg1 = 9.33

| 100s/50s1 = 0/0

| top score1 = 14*

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = 2/0

| date = 7 May

| year = 2021

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/18733.html Cricinfo

}}

Henry Hamilton Palairet {{postnominal|JP}} (8 January 1845 – 20 March 1923) was an English first-class cricketer and archer.

The son of Septimus Henry Palairet, he was born at Bradford-on-Avon in January 1845. He was educated at Eton College,{{cite book |title=Eton School Lists|first=H. E. C.|last=Stapylton|publisher=Spottiswoode & Co.|location=London|year=1900|page=[https://archive.org/details/secondserieseto00stapgoog/page/n59 276]|url=https://archive.org/details/secondserieseto00stapgoog|language=en}} before going up to Exeter College, Oxford.{{cite book |title=Alumni Oxonienses |date=1891 |first=Joseph |last=Foster |publisher=Parker and Company |page=1059 |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Alumni_Oxonienses:_the_Members_of_the_University_of_Oxford,_1715-1886/Palairet,_Henry_Hamilton |language=en}} Though he did not play cricket for Oxford University Cricket Club, he did play for Exeter College as a wicket-keeper.{{cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/228168.html|title=Wisden - Obitauries in 1923|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-05-08}} At Oxford he was a member of the Exeter College Boat Club and trialled as an eighth rower for the 1865 Boat Race, but did not make the final team.{{cite book |title=Lionel Palairet: Stylist 'Par Excellence'|last=Senior|first=Darren|publisher=ACS|year=2016|page=8|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xPodEAAAQBAJ|language=en}} He played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1868 and 1869, playing two matches against Lancashire and Hampshire,{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31857/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Henry Palairet|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-05-08|url-access=subscription}} scoring 28 runs with a highest score of 14 not out.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/31/31857/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Henry Palairet|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-05-08|url-access=subscription}} His interests in cricket extended to Somerset County Cricket Club, where for many years he served on the club committee, often chairing club meetings.

Palairet excelled as an archer, winning the English Archery Championships five times in 1876, 1878 and three years running from 1880 to 1882. He also won the John O'Gaunts competition on five occasions. Palairet was also secretary to the archery committee at the All England Club. He settled at Cattistock in Dorset in 1873 and was a member of the local Conservative Party, in addition to being a judge in the Court of Assizes at Bath, Somerset. He married Elizabeth Ann Bigg in 1869, with the couple having five children. Among those were the cricketers Lionel Palairet and Richard Palairet. Palairet died at Cattistock in March 1923. His brother was the British Army general Charles Palairet.