John Aubrey-Fletcher
Lieutenant-Colonel Sir John Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, 7th Baronet (22 August 1912 – 19 June 1992[1]) was a British baronet, who played first-class cricket for Oxford and was a British Army soldier.
Born in Kensington, Aubrey-Fletcher was the eldest son of Sir Henry Lancelot Aubrey-Fletcher, 6th Baronet and his wife Mary Augusta Chilton.[2]
He was educated at Eton College and at New College, Oxford.[2] While at Oxford in 1933 he played cricket for the university team.[1] In 1937 he was accepted at Inner Temple entitled to practice as Barrister-at-Law.[2] He played Minor counties cricket between 1931 and 1948 for Buckinghamshire.[3]
In 1939 he married Diana Mary Fynvola Egerton[2] (the great granddaughter of the second Baron Harlech) and they had two children:
- Susan Mary Fynvola Aubrey-Fletcher, 1940-1976[2] who was married without issue to Hon. Richard Stanley, brother and heir presumptive of the Earl of Derby
- Henry Egerton Aubrey-Fletcher, born 1945[2]
During the Second World War he fought in the Grenadier Guards, attaining the rank of lieutenant colonel.[2]
From 1961 to 1962 he held the office of High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire. He died in 1992 at Oxford.
References
- 1 2 England cricket record
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Biography of Sir John Aubrey-Fletcher at thePeerage.com
- ↑ "Player profile: John Aubrey-Fletcher". www.cricketarchive.com. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
| Honorary titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by John Darling Young |
High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire 1961 – 1962 |
Succeeded by Gerald Aubrey Mobbs |
| Baronetage of Great Britain | ||
| Preceded by Henry Aubrey-Fletcher |
Baronet (of Clea) 1969 – 1992 |
Succeeded by Henry Aubrey-Fletcher |