Sir Edward Frederick, 9th Baronet

Edward Frederick

Personal information
Full name	Edward Boscawen Frederick
Born	29 June 1880 Loppington Hall, Shropshire, England
Died	26 October 1959 (aged 79) St John's Wood, London, England
Batting style	Right-handed
Bowling style	Right-arm slow
Relations	John Frederick (Uncle)
Domestic team information
Years	Team
1907	Europeans (India)
1903–1904	Hampshire
Career statistics
Competition FC Matches 6 Runs scored 36 Batting average 5.14 100s/50s –/– Top score 11 Balls bowled 618 Wickets 10 Bowling average 36.20 5 wickets in innings – 10 wickets in match – Best bowling 3/41 Catches/stumpings 12/–
Source: Cricinfo, 23 August 2016

Lieutenant-Colonel Sir Edward Boscawen Frederick, 9th Baronet CVO (29 June 1880 – 26 October 1956) was a British Army officer, first-class cricketer and courtier.^[1]

Early life and education

Frederick was born at Loppington Hall, Shropshire. He was the second son of Sir Charles Frederick, 7th baronet, and grandson of General Edward Frederick. He was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst.^[1]

Career

In 1899, he joined the Royal Fusiliers as a lieutenant^[2] and fought in the South African War. He returned to Sandhurst as an instructor from 1912 to 1914, but returned to active duty at the beginning of the First World War. He was severely wounded and placed on the retired list in 1919.^[1]

In 1925, he was appointed an Exon in the King's Bodyguard of the Yeomen of the Guard. He served as Ensign from 1937 until his retirement in 1950.^[3] He succeeded to the baronetcy in 1938 upon on the death of his brother, Charles Edward St John Frederick. During the Second World War, he commanded a battalion of the Home Guard.^[1]

Frederick was appointed Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (CVO) in the 1944 New Year Honours.^[4]

Cricket

Frederick played first-class cricket from 1903 to 1907. He was a right-handed batsman who bowled right-arm slow.

Frederick made his first-class debut for Hampshire against Leicestershire during the 1903 County Championship. From 1903 to 1905 Frederick represented Hampshire in five County Championship matches, with his final first-class match for Hampshire coming against Yorkshire. In his five matches for the club, Frederick took 9 wickets at a bowling average of 36.77, with best figures of 3-41.

In 1907, Frederick represented the Europeans (India), making his debut against the Parsees in the final of the Bombay tournament. This was Frederick's final first-class match, during which he claimed a single wicket.

Family

In 1913, Frederick married Edith Katherine Cortlandt, daughter of Colonel William Hutchinson Mulloy. They had two sons and a daughter. The younger son, Lieutenant John Christopher Frederick, was killed in action in 1943 in Tunisia. His surviving son, Major Charles Boscawen Frederick, inherited the baronetcy.^[1]

Frederick's uncle John Frederick played first-class cricket for Oxford University, Hampshire, Middlesex and the Marylebone Cricket Club.

References

1. "Sir Edward Frederick". The Times. The Times Digital Archive. 27 October 1956. p. 11.
2. The London Gazette: no. 27051. p. 868. 10 February 1899.
3. The London Gazette: no. 34423. p. 4950. 3 August 1937.
4. The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 36309. p. 8. 31 December 1943.

External links

• Edward Frederick at Cricinfo
• Edward Frederick at CricketArchive