Geoffrey Betham
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| Full name | Geoffrey Lawrence Betham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 8 April 1889 Belgaum, Bombay Presidency, British India | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | 6 November 1963 (aged 74) Chelsea, London, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Bowling | Right-arm medium | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1917/18–1926/27 | Europeans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1937/38 | Rajputana | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: ESPNcricinfo, 4 June 2019 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Sir Geoffrey Lawrence Betham (8 April 1889 – 6 November 1962) KBE CIE MC was an English first-class cricketer and British Indian Army officer.[1]
Biography
[edit]Betham was born on 8th April 1889, the son of G K Betham of the Imperial Forest Service. He was educated at Dulwich College and the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.[2]
Betham was commissioned into the Indian Army in 1909,[3] served during World War I with the 15th Sikhs, and was mentioned in dispatches.[2][4]
Betham joined the Indian Civil Service, and served as political agent in Zhob, Baluchistan; commissioner in Ajmer-Merwara province in the Rajputana region from 1933 to 1934; and then Resident of the province from 1935 to 1938.[5] In 1938, he was appointed British envoy extraordinary and minister plenipotentiary to Nepal, a post he held until 1944.[2][6]
Betham married Dorothy Cartwright in 1915, and they had one daughter.[2]
Betham died on 6 November 1963 at the Royal Marsden Hospital, London, aged 74 .[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Player profile: Geoffrey Betham". CricketArchive. Retrieved 4 June 2019.
- ^ a b c d e "Sir Geoffrey Betham". The Times. 9 November 1963. p. 12.
- ^ "No. 28216". The London Gazette. 19 January 1909. p. 479.
- ^ "No. 32001". The London Gazette. 3 August 1920. p. 8053.
- ^ "No. 34010". The London Gazette. 29 December 1933. p. 6.
- ^ "No. 34528". The London Gazette. 5 July 1938. p. 4326.
External links
[edit]- Geoffrey Betham at Cricinfo
- Portraits of Sir Geoffrey Lawrence Betham at the National Portrait Gallery, London
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