Sir Henry Bromley, 4th Baronet

{{short description|English cricketer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=September 2019}}

{{Infobox cricketer

| name =

| image = Sir Henry Bromley, 4th Baronet (1816–1895).jpg

| country = England

| fullname = Henry Bromley

| birth_date = 25 December 1816

| birth_place = East Stoke, Nottinghamshire, England

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1895|9|21|1816|12|25}}

| death_place = East Stoke, Nottinghamshire, England

| heightft = 6

| heightinch = 8

| nickname =

| family =

| batting = Unknown

| bowling =

| role =

| club1 = Marylebone Cricket Club

| year1 = 1844

| columns = 1

| column1 = First-class

| matches1 = 1

| runs1 = 9

| bat avg1 = 4.50

| 100s/50s1 = –/–

| top score1 = 9

| hidedeliveries = true

| catches/stumpings1 = –/–

| date = 17 September

| year = 2020

| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/10523.html Cricinfo

}}

Sir Henry Bromley, 4th Baronet {{postnominal|JP|DL}} (25 December 1816 – 21 September 1895) was an English first-class cricketer and cricket administrator.

The son of Sir Robert Bromley, a Royal Navy admiral,{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p9632.htm#i96317 |title=Sir Henry Bromley, 4th Bt. |publisher=www.thepeerage.com |accessdate=2020-09-22}} he was born in December 1816 at Stoke Hall, Nottinghamshire and was educated at Westminster School.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/36/36449/36449.html |title=Player profile: Sir Henry Bromley |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-09-22 |url-access=subscription}} Bromley was a keen cricketer and played a single first-class cricket match for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Oxford University at Oxford in 1844.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/36/36449/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Henry Bromley |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-09-22 |url-access=subscription}} Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed without scoring by Cyril Randolph in the MCC first innings, while in their second innings he was dismissed for 9 runs by the same bowler.{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/0/709.html |title=Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 2020 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2020-09-22 |url-access=subscription}} In addition to playing first-class cricket, he also played minor matches for the Gentlemen of Nottinghamshire and for various club teams across Nottinghamshire.

Bromley succeeded his father as the 4th Baronet of the Bromley baronets upon the death of his father in July 1857. He entertained members of the Nottingham Commercial Club, where he befriended the Daft brothers Richard and Charles. A patron of Nottinghamshire cricket, Bromley was elected to the committee of Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club in 1861, before being elected as the club's first president in 1869, a post he held until 1877.{{cite web|url=https://www.trentbridge.co.uk/trentbridge/history/players/sir-henry-bromley.html |title=Sir Henry Bromley |publisher=www.trentbridge.co.uk |accessdate=2020-09-22}} Outside of cricket, Bromley served as a deputy lieutenant for Nottinghamshire in 1869,{{London Gazette|issue=25076|date=27 February 1882|page=823}} before serving as High Sheriff of Nottinghamshire in 1882.{{London Gazette|issue=23544|date=8 October 1869|page=5449}} He was also a justice of the peace and served in the army with the 3rd Nottinghamshire Rifle Volunteers, reaching the rank of captain.{{London Gazette|city=Edinburgh|issue=6995|date=9 March 1860|page=371}} He died at Stoke Hall in September 1895, being succeeded as the 5th Baronet by his son, Sir Henry.