Samuel Stephen Bateson JP DL (13 October 1821 – 9 March 1879) was an Irish first-class cricketer and barrister.

Samuel Bateson
Personal information
Full name
Samuel Stephen Bateson
Born13 October 1821
Belfast, Ireland
Died9 March 1879(1879-03-09) (aged 57)
Dornoch, Sutherland, Scotland
BattingUnknown
Domestic team information
YearsTeam
1844Marylebone Cricket Club
Career statistics
Competition First-class
Matches 1
Runs scored 3
Batting average 3.00
100s/50s –/–
Top score 3
Catches/stumpings –/–
Source: Cricinfo, 8 November 2020

Life

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The son of Sir Robert Bateson, he was born at Belfast in October 1821. He was educated in England at Rugby School,[1] before going up to Trinity College, Cambridge.[2] Bateson made a single appearance in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Cambridge University at Cambridge in 1844.[3] Batting once in the match, he scored 3 runs in the MCC first innings before being dismissed by Henry Wroth.[4]

A student of the Inner Temple, Bateson was called to the bar in 1847.[2] He later lived in Scotland at Dornoch, where he was a justice of the peace and served as a deputy lieutenant of Sutherland in 1863.[5] Bateson was the subject of the photographer Camille Silvy's work in 1861.[6] His other interests included agricultural sciences.[2] Bateson died at his home in Dornoch in March 1879, after suffering from acute inflammation of the lungs.[7]

Family

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Bateson married in 1854 Florinda Handcock, daughter of Richard Handcock, 3rd Baron Castlemaine.[8]

His brother was Thomas Bateson, 1st Baron Deramore.

References

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  1. ^ The Rugby Register, from the Year 1675 to the Present Time. 1836. p. 184.
  2. ^ a b c "Bateson, Samuel Stephen (BT840SS)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
  3. ^ "First-Class Matches played by Samuel Bateson". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  4. ^ "Cambridge University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1844". CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  5. ^ "No. 22731". The London Gazette. 1 May 1863. p. 2325.
  6. ^ "Samuel Stephen Bateson". www.britishmuseum.org. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
  7. ^ Births, Deaths, Marriages and Obituaries. The Belfast News-Letter. 13 March 1879. p. 1
  8. ^ "Collections Online Samuel Stephen Bateson, British Museum". www.britishmuseum.org.
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