William Hartopp
{{short description|English cricketer and British Army officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
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| image = William Wrey Hartopp.png
| caption = William Wrey Hartopp, 1860 photograph
| country = England
| fullname = William Wrey Hartopp
| birth_date = 22 April 1836
| birth_place = England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1874|7|20|1836|4|22}}
| death_place = Beaulieu, Hampshire, England
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| family = George Traill (brother-in-law)
William Traill (brother-in-law)
James Traill (brother-in-law)
| batting = Unknown
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| columns = 1
| column1 = First-class
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 6
| bat avg1 = 3.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 5
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–
| date = 1 August
| year = 2019
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/15205.html Cricinfo
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William Wrey Hartopp (22 April 1836 – 20 July 1874) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.
Life
Hartopp was the son of the politician Edward Bourchier Hartopp and his wife, Honoria Gent.{{cite book |last1=Spencer |first1=John |last2=Spencer |first2=Thomas |last3=Chapman |first3=Frederic |title=Leicestershire and Rutland Notes and Queries and Antiquarian Gleaner: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine|date=1895 |publisher=J. and T. Spencer |page=5 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h8kGAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA5 |language=en}} He was educated at Eton College.{{cite book |title=Appendix to the Eton School Lists: Comprising the Years 1853-6-9 |date=1864 |publisher=E. P. Williams |pages=239 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l5BPAQAAMAAJ |language=en}} From Eton he enlisted with the 1st The Royal Dragoons, purchasing the rank of cornet in March 1853.{{London Gazette|issue=21420|date=11 March 1853|page=740}}
Aged 18, Hartopp served in the Crimean War and took part in the Charge of the Heavy Brigade at Balaclava in October 1854, during which he was severely wounded in the leg.{{cite book |title=Letters from the Light Brigade: The British Cavalry in the Crimean War |first=Anthony |last=Dawson |date=2014 |publisher=Pen and Sword |isbn=978-1473838222 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lzgRBQAAQBAJ |language=en}}{{London Gazette|issue=21624|date=12 November 1854|page=3459}} He was promoted to the rank of lieutenant in December 1854, while from August 1855 he served with the Royal Horse Guards. He purchased the rank of captain with the Royal Horse Guards in April 1859,{{London Gazette|issue=22245|date=1 April 1859|page=1369}} before retiring from active service in August 1871.{{London Gazette|issue=23768|date=18 August 1871|page=3643}}
Hartopp later moved to Penerley Lodge at Beaulieu in Hampshire with his wife. While out fishing on 20 July 1874, Hartopp was killed in an accident,Hampshire Advertiser, 29 July 1874 with his body found wrapped around a tree having apparently fallen over a stile.Leicester Chronicle, 25 July 1874 His body was returned to the family ancestral home at Little Dalby, where he was buried.
Cricketer
Hartopp made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Gentlemen of England against the Gentlemen of Kent and Sussex at Canterbury in 1857.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/36/36960/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by William Hartopp |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-08-01 |url-access=subscription}} Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed in the Gentlemen of England first-innings for a single run by South Norton, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 5 runs by James Watts.{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1/1097.html |title=Gentlemen of Kent and Sussex v Gentlemen of England, 1857 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-08-01 |url-access=subscription}}
His brothers-in-law George Traill, William Traill and James Traill all played first-class cricket.
Family
Hartopp married in 1861 Lina Howe, 2nd daughter of Thomas Howe. He was survived by a son Henry Bourchier (1865–1878), and two daughters, Florence Honoria (born 1866) and Dorothy (born 1871). Florence married in 1894 James Burns-Hartopp, and they resided at Scraptoft Hall.{{cite book |last1=Walford |first1=Edward |title=The county families of the United Kingdom; or, Royal manual of the titled and untitled aristocracy of England, Wales, Scotland, and Ireland |date=January 1860 |publisher=Dalcassian Publishing Company |page=196 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=TuHIDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA196 |language=en}}
References
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External links
- {{cricinfo|id=15205}}
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Category:People educated at Eton College
Category:1st King's Dragoon Guards officers
Category:British Army personnel of the Crimean War
Category:Royal Horse Guards officers
Category:Gentlemen of England cricketers
Category:Accidental deaths in England