John Aubrey-Fletcher Explained

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, 7th Baronet (22 August 1912 – 19 June 1992[1]) was a British baronet, who played first-class cricket for Oxford and was a British Army soldier.

Born in Kensington, Aubrey-Fletcher was the eldest son of Sir Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, 6th Baronet and his wife Mary Augusta Chilton.[2]

He was educated at Eton College and at New College, Oxford.[2] While at Oxford in 1933 he played cricket for the university team.[1] In 1937 he was accepted at Inner Temple entitled to practice as Barrister-at-Law.[2] He played Minor counties cricket between 1931 and 1948 for Buckinghamshire.[3]

In 1939 he married Diana Mary Fynvola Egerton[2] (the great-granddaughter of the second Baron Harlech) and they had two children:

During the Second World War he fought in the Grenadier Guards, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel.[2]

From 1961 to 1962 he held the office of High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire. He died in 1992 at Oxford.

Notes and References

  1. http://content-www.cricinfo.com/england/content/player/8828.html England cricket record
  2. http://www.thepeerage.com/p6960.htm#i69593 Biography of Sir John Aubrey-Fletcher at thePeerage.com
  3. Web site: Player profile: John Aubrey-Fletcher. CricketArchive. 6 May 2011.