Francis Disney-Roebuck

Francis Henry Algernon Disney-Roebuck (7 October 1846 – 9 January 1919) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

Disney-Roebuck was born at Trinidad in October 1846 to Anne Helen Lucy O'Halloran and her husband, Francis Algernon Disney-Roebuck.[1] He was educated at the Royal Military College,[2] where after graduating he was posted to the 83rd Foot in February 1864 as an Ensign.[2] He was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant in April 1867.[3] While serving in Ireland, he married Anna Marian Kate Bond in 1869, with the couple going onto have two sons.[4] He was promoted to Captain in April 1870,[5] soon after he transferred to the 46th Foot in July 1870.[6]

He made his debut in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) in 1878, playing two matches against Kent and Lancashire.[7] The 46th Foot and the 32nd Foot merged in 1881, forming the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry. Disney-Roebuck served in this new regiment where he was promoted in July 1881.[8][notes 1] He played two further first-class matches for the MCC in May 1882, against Cambridge University and Lancashire.[7] Months later, Disney-Roebuck saw action in the Anglo-Egyptian War of July–September 1882.[1] He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel July 1891,[9] and retired from active service in July 1900, retaining the rank of Lieutenant Colonel.[10] He died at Kensington in January 1919. His youngest son, Claude, would also play first-class cricket.