John Edward Kynaston Studd
JEK Studd
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| Full name | Sir John Edward Kynaston Studd |
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26 July 1858 Tidworth, Wiltshire, England |
| Died | 14 January 1944 (aged 85) Marylebone, London, England |
| Nickname | John |
Sir John Edward Kynaston Studd, 1st Baronet OBE (26 July 1858 – 14 January 1944), known as "JEK", was a British cricketer, businessman and Lord Mayor of London.
Studd was born at Tedworth House, Tidworth, Wiltshire. He married, firstly, Hilda Proctor-Beauchamp, daughter of Sir Thomas William Brograve Proctor-Beauchamp, 4th Bt. and Hon. Catherine Esther Waldegrave, on 10 December 1884. He married, secondly, Princess Alexandra Lieven, daughter of Prince Paul Lieven, on 18 June 1924. He died in Marylebone, London, on 14 January 1944, at age 85.
Children of Sir John Edward Kynaston Studd, 1st Bt. and Hilda Proctor-Beauchamp:
Sir Kynaston was the eldest but the last of the famous three Studd Brothers who captained Cambridge in consecutive seasons who also later gained high renown in his other walks of life before his death on 14 January 1944.
At Eton, Kynaston was never on the losing side in the needle matches against Harrow and Winchester. In 1879 Kynaston went up to Trinity College, Cambridge, and was four years in the XI without ever excelling in the annual University match; things moved on in 1882 when he and his brothers took an important role in defeating by six wickets the great Australian side (which later in the season beat England at Kennington Oval) by seven runs. In the match Kynaston scored 6 and 66, G B. 42 and 48, C. T. 118 and 17 not out. When Cambridge batted a second time requiring 165 runs for victory, the two elder brothers put up 106.
With the 1908 London Games being the first true Summer Olympics to feature a parade of nations, cricketer Kynaston Studd can be said to be the first person to carry the flag for Great Britain at an Olympic event. However, cricket was only played at the 1900 Olympic Games (see: Cricket at the 1900 Summer Olympics) and Studd was therefore not a competitor.
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