John Floyer (Dorset MP)
John Floyer (26 April 1811 – 4 July 1887) was an English cricketer with amateur status who was active from 1832 to 1833. He was later a Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1846 and 1885.
Life[edit]
He was born in Stinsford, Dorset, the son of Rev. William Floyer and his wife Elizabeth Barton, daughter of Stephen Barton. He was a member of the old Floyer family of Floyer Hayes in Devon[1] descended from Floherus (Flohère), the Exon Domesday Book tenant of that estate, a French knight who in 1086 held two estates in Devon.[2]
Floyer was educated at Winchester College. He matriculated in 1828 at Balliol College, Oxford, graduating B.A. in 1831.[3] He appeared in first-class cricket for the University team in one match in 1832.[4] He appeared in 1833 in one other match subsequently deemed to be first-class. He appeared in two matches as an unknown handedness batsman whose bowling style is unknown, playing for Oxford University and for an A to K team organised by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC). He scored one run with a highest score of 1 and took no wickets.[5]
Folyer was a Deputy Lieutenant and J.P. for Dorset, and was High Sheriff of Dorset in 1844. He was also major of the Queen's Own (Dorset) Yeoman Cavalry.[6]
In 1846 Floyer was elected Member of Parliament for Dorset and held the seat until 1857. He was re-elected for Dorset in 1864 and held the seat until 1885.[7][8] In that year, the county's three-member seat was subdivided.[9] He died in Westminster.
Family[edit]
Floyer married in 1844 Georgina Charlotte Frances Bankes, daughter of George Bankes, MP for Corfe Castle.[7]
Bibliography[edit]
- Haygarth, Arthur (1862). Scores & Biographies, Volume 2 (1827–1840). Lillywhite.
References[edit]
- ^ Vivian, Lt.Col. J.L., (Ed.) The Visitations of the County of Devon: Comprising the Heralds' Visitations of 1531, 1564 & 1620, Exeter, 1895, pp.344-6, pedigree of Floyer of Floyer Hayes
- ^ Thorn, Caroline & Frank, (eds.) Domesday Book, (Morris, John, gen.ed.) Vol. 9, Devon, Parts 1 & 2, Phillimore Press, Chichester, 1985, Part 2, Chapter 22
- ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
- ^ "Player Profile: John Floyer". CricketArchive. Retrieved 7 March 2013.
- ^ "John Floyer". CricketArchive. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
- ^ Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881
- ^ a b Burke, Bernard (1879). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain & Ireland. Harrison. p. 576.
- ^ Mair, Robert Henry (1885). Debrett's Illustrated House of Commons and the Judicial Bench. Dean & Son. p. 70.
- ^ Carstairs, Andrew McLaren (15 April 2013). A Short History of Electoral Systems in Western Europe. Routledge. p. 191. ISBN 978-1-135-02678-3.
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