| Country: | England |
| Fullname: | Robert Edward Tomkinson |
| Birth Date: | 14 August 1847 |
| Birth Place: | Willington, Cheshire, England |
| Death Place: | Burnham-on-Sea, Somerset, England |
| Family: | James Palmer-Tomkinson (nephew) |
| Batting: | Right-handed |
| Club1: | Marylebone Cricket Club |
| Year1: | 1873 |
| Columns: | 1 |
| Column1: | First-class |
| Matches1: | 3 |
| Runs1: | 81 |
| Bat Avg1: | 16.20 |
| 100S/50S1: | –/1 |
| Top Score1: | 52 |
| Hidedeliveries: | true |
| Catches/Stumpings1: | 3/– |
| Date: | 13 September |
| Year: | 2021 |
| Source: | http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/21882.html Cricinfo |
Robert Edward Tomkinson (14 August 1847 — 27 July 1928) was an English first-class cricketer and stockbroker.
The son of William Tomkinson, he was born at Willington Hall in Cheshire in August 1847. He was educated at Marlborough College,[1] before going up to Trinity Hall, Cambridge. After graduating from Cambridge, he became a stockbroker.[2] Tomkinson later played three first-class cricket matches for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1873 against Cambridge University, Oxford University and the Surrey Club.[3] He scored 81 runs in this three matches,[4] scoring 52 runs against the Surrey Club at The Oval.[5] The following year he married Lucille Diana Mauritia, the daughter of Major-General Thomas Brooke.[2] Tomkinson was convicted in Berkhamsted of carrying a gun and killing partridges without having a licence in December 1888.[6] He died at Burnham-on-Sea in July 1928.[7]