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Full name | Robert George Wilmot Berkeley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Warley Place, Essex, England | 23 April 1898||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 28 August 1969 Bristol, Gloucestershire, England | (aged 71)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 2 May 2009 |
Captain Robert George Wilmot Berkeley, DL (23 April 1898 – 28 August 1969), served as High Sheriff of Worcestershire (1933/34), and from 1952 as a Deputy Lieutenant for the county.[1] He also played first-class cricket for Worcestershire County Cricket Club.
Captain Berkeley lived at Spetchley Park in Worcestershire before inheriting Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire from his 13th cousin, the 8th and last Earl of Berkeley, in 1942.[2]
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