George Henry Monson
The Honourable Sir George Henry Monson (17 October 1755 – 17 June 1823) was a noted English amateur cricketer whose known first-class career included 10 matches from the 1786 to the 1792 season. Monson, who was a useful batsman,[citation needed] was a member of Hornchurch Cricket Club and Marylebone Cricket Club.
Monson was the son of John Monson, 2nd Baron Monson[1] and elder brother of Lieutenant-General Charles Monson.[2]
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- Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket by G B Buckley (FL18)
- Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 by Arthur Haygarth (SBnnn)
- The Dawn of Cricket by H T Waghorn (WDC)
- ^ Patrick Cracroft-Brennan, Monson, Baron (GB, 1728) Archived 13 February 2013 at the Wayback Machine in Cracroft's Peerage. Accessed 5 May 2013.
- ^ The New Annual Register for the Year 1800 (London, 1801) p. 109.
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- English cricketers
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- Essex cricketers
- Hampshire cricketers
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- Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers
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- 1755 births
- 1823 deaths
- White Conduit Club cricketers
- English cricketers of 1787 to 1825
- Younger sons of barons
- English cricket biography, 18th-century birth stubs