Thomas Baggallay Explained

Thomas Weeding Baggallay later Thomas Weeding Weeding (11 June 1847 – 19 December 1929) was a solicitor and an English first-class cricketer who played for Surrey as a wicketkeeper between 1865 and 1874. He was born in St Pancras, London and died in Addlestone, Surrey.[1]

Baggallay changed his surname to Weeding in 1868 by royal licence. He qualified as a solicitor in 1870 and was Clerk to the Surrey County Council for more than thirty years. In 1927 he was appointed a Deputy-Lieutenant for the County of Surrey.

Baggalay married Alice Maude Elizabeth and had three sons, two of whom were killed during the First World War.[2] Baggalay, died aged 82, following a fall from a chair on 19 December 1929 at Kingthorpe, Addlestone.

Notes and References

  1. http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/9441.html Thomas Baggallay at ESPNcricinfo
  2. News: Thanet Advertiser. 3 January 1930. 2. Fatal Fall of Ramsgate Lady's Brother.