Country: | England |
Fullname: | James Richard Studdert Redmayne |
Birth Date: | 16 July 1979 |
Birth Place: | Westminster, London, England |
Batting: | Right-handed |
Club1: | Oxford Universities |
Year1: | 2000 |
Club2: | Oxford University |
Year2: | 2000 - 2002 |
Club3: | Oxford UCCE |
Year3: | 2002 |
Columns: | 1 |
Column1: | First-class |
Matches1: | 6 |
Runs1: | 245 |
Bat Avg1: | 30.62 |
100S/50S1: | –/2 |
Top Score1: | 75 |
Hidedeliveries: | true |
Catches/Stumpings1: | –/– |
Date: | 21 June |
Year: | 2020 |
Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/19512.html Cricinfo |
James Richard Studdert Redmayne (born 16 July 1979) is an English former first-class cricketer.
The son of Richard Redmayne, who is a businessman in corporate finance, and Patricia (née Burke), who runs a relocation business, he was born at Westminster in July 1979.[1] He was educated at Eton College, before going up to Trinity College, Oxford.[2] While studying at Oxford, Redmayne played first-class cricket. He made his debut for a combined Oxford Universities team against Gloucestershire at Bristol in 2000. He made two further first-class appearances for Oxford Universities in 2000, in addition to playing for Oxford University against Cambridge University in that years University Match. He didn't feature in first-class cricket in 2001, but did play twice in 2002, making an appearance each for Oxford UCCE against Northamptonshire, and for Oxford in The University Match.[3] In six first-class matches, Redmayne scored 245 runs at an average of 30.62, with a high score of 75 not out.[2]
After graduating from Oxford, Redmayne was employed as an investment banker for Goldman Sachs in London. He joined CVC Capital Partners in 2005, holding a number of positions within the company in London and then Hong Kong, where he was employed most recently as a senior managing director. He joined Searchlight Capital in June 2020.[4]
His brother is the actor Eddie Redmayne, while his paternal great-grandfather was Sir Richard Redmayne, a civil and mining engineer.