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Full name | Richard Napoleon Lee | ||||||||||||||
Born | c. 1833 Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England | ||||||||||||||
Died | 28 May 1876 (aged 42/43) Sidmouth, Devon, England | ||||||||||||||
Relations |
Richard Thornton (father) Rev. Richard Thornton (son) Albert Thornton (son) Walter Thornton (son) | ||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 29 September 2018 |
Richard Napoleon Lee (c. 1833 – 28 May 1876) was an English cricketer active in first-class cricket in 1852.
The illegitimate son of Richard Thornton and his housekeeper Alice Lee, he was born at Clerkenwell, Middlesex, in about 1833. [1] He attended St John's College, Oxford, where he studied law. [2] Lee made what would be his only appearance in first-class cricket in 1852, when he played for the Surrey Club against the Marylebone Cricket Club at The Oval. [3] He was a barrister at the Middle Temple by 1861. [2]
Lee later moved to Sidmouth, Devon, where he was appointed the Income Tax Commissioner for Devon. [4] He died at Sidmouth on 28 May 1876, having changed his name to Richard Napoleon Thornton in 1865 as a condition laid down in his father's will. [5] [6] At some point he married Margaret James, who predeceased him. [7] The couple had four children, [7] with their three sons Richard, Albert and Walter all playing first-class cricket.