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Thomas Pearson (cricketer)

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Thomas Sherwin Pearson-Gregory (20 June 1851 – 25 November 1935) was an English first-class cricketer active 1872–91 who played for Middlesex, Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) and Oxford University.[1]

Pearson was born in Barwell, Leicestershire,[1] and educated at Rugby and Christ Church, Oxford. He inherited Harlaxton Manor in Lincolnshire on the death of Mrs Catherine Sherwin-Gregory, widow of his second cousin, in 1892 and changed his surname to Pearson-Gregory. He was a deputy lieutenant of Lincolnshire. He was High Sheriff of Lincolnshire in 1899.[2] He died at Harlaxton. His brothers Hugo and Philip Pearson and his son Philip Pearson-Gregory were also cricketers.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c Thomas Pearson at CricketArchive
  2. ^ PEARSON-GREGORY, Thomas Sherwin, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2016 (online edition, Oxford University Press, 2014)