Richard Lowndes (cricketer)
Richard Lowndes (10 October 1821 – 3 October 1898) was an English cricketer and a Church of England clergyman. He was born in Bloomsbury, Middlesex, and was the brother of Samuel Lowndes.
He went to Winchester College and then Christ Church, Oxford. While at Oxford, he played two first-class cricket matches for the university in 1841: the University Match against Cambridge at Lord’s, and another match against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Lord’s. He scored a total of 30 runs, with a top score of 22. He also played two non-first-class county matches for Shropshire in 1844, while playing for Bridgnorth. He was a double Blue, also rowing for Oxford in the unofficial Boat Race at the 1843 Henley Regatta.
After leaving Oxford, Lowndes took holy orders. He served as rector of Poole Keynes from 1854 to 1862, then as the vicar of Sturminster Newton from 1862, and was made a canon of Salisbury Cathedral in 1874. He died in Sturminster Newton in October 1898.
Lowndes married Annie Harriet Kaye. Their son was Sir George Rivers Lowndes and their daughter was Mary Lowndes, a noted stained-glass artist.
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