John Loraine Baldwin

"I Zingari"
Baldwin as caricatured by Spy (Leslie Ward) in Vanity Fair, September 1895

John Loraine Baldwin (1 June 1809 – 25 November 1896) was a prominent English cricket enthusiast who was a co-founder of the I Zingari nomadic cricket club.

He was born near Halifax, Yorkshire,^[1] and studied at Oxford University where he developed interests in cricket and dramatics.^[2] He was a sports and games rules enthusiast, and one of the founders of I Zingari on 4 July 1845. He was also the writer of the first standardized rules for badminton in 1868, while on a visit to Badminton House,^[2] and editor of "The Laws of Short Whist" of 1864. He was Warden of Tintern Abbey in 1873, and died at his home, St Anne's House in Tintern in 1896.^[1] A 'grand tomb' commemorates Baldwin in the churchyard of St Michaels, Tintern.^[3]

References[]

^ Jump up to: ^a ^b Ivor Waters, Chepstow Scrapbook, Moss Rose Press, 1986, ISBN 0-906134-37-4, p.76
^ Jump up to: ^a ^b John Loraine Baldwin at badminton England
^ Wye Valley Churchyards leaflet mentioning Baldwin's 'grand tomb' at gwentwildlife.org

External links[]

History of Badminton
The Laws of Short Whist 1865 edition at Google Books
Wisden obituaries in 1897

This biographical article related to an English cricket person born in the 1800s is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by .

[waters-1] Jump up to: ^a ^b Ivor Waters, Chepstow Scrapbook, Moss Rose Press, 1986, ISBN 0-906134-37-4, p.76

[badminton-2] Jump up to: ^a ^b John Loraine Baldwin at badminton England

[3] Wye Valley Churchyards leaflet mentioning Baldwin's 'grand tomb' at gwentwildlife.org

[1]

[2]

[3]

show v t I Zingari
The club	First-class cricketers Somerset Cricket Museum
Founders	John Loraine Baldwin Frederick Ponsonby, 6th Earl of Bessborough Spencer Ponsonby-Fane Richard Penruddocke Long

show Authority control
General	ISNI 1 VIAF 1 WorldCat
National libraries	United States Netherlands