Philip Miles (cricketer) explained

Philip William Herbert Miles (7 January 1848 – 4 December 1933) was an English army officer and first-class cricketer.

Life

He was born in Bingham, the son of Robert Henry William Miles (1818–1883), its rector, who was the son of Philip John Miles.^{[1] [2]} His mother was Mary Ellin Cleaver, who married Miles in 1844 and had with him a family of six sons and four daughters.^[3] She was the daughter of James Jarvis Cleaver, and this was a marriage of cousins. The sixth son was Frank Miles.^[4]

Philip Miles was educated at Marlborough College, and was nominated in 1867 to Woolwich College.^[5] In 1869 he became a lieutenant in the Royal Artillery.^[6]

Miles died in Bude.^[1]

Cricket career

Active 1868–77, Miles played for Nottinghamshire.^[1]

Notes and References

1. http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/17565.html Philip Miles at ESPNcricinfo
2. Web site: Summary of Individual, Philip John Miles 1st Mar 1774 – 24th Mar 1845, Legacies of British Slave-ownership. 1 October 2017.
3. Book: Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry. 1882. 1246.
4. Book: Jones. Timothy Willem. Matthews-Jones. Lucinda. Material Religion in Modern Britain: The Spirit of Things. 1 October 2017. 2016-01-26. Palgrave Macmillan US. 9781137540638. 82.
5. Book: coll, Marlborough. Prolusiones. 1 October 2017. 1867. 28.
6. Book: Hart's Annual Army List, Militia List, and Imperial Yeomanry List. 1876. J. Murray.. 172.