Richard Walmesley

Richard Walmesley (30 July 1816 – 26 May 1893) was an English lawyer and a cricketer who appeared in a single first-class cricket match for Cambridge University in 1836.[1] He was born in Bath, Somerset and died at Lucknam Park, near Colerne, Wiltshire.

Walmesley was educated at Winchester College and at St John's College, Cambridge.[2] He was in the cricket eleven at Winchester as a middle-order batsman, but in the 1836 Cambridge trial match, he batted at No 11, though he still managed to be the team's top-scorer in the second innings, with 13 not out.[3] His sole first-class match, the game against the Cambridge Town Club, followed less than two weeks later, and he scored 1 and 2 not out, batting at No 8; he played no further matches.[1]

Walmesley graduated from Cambridge University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1839, which converted automatically to a Master of Arts in 1842.[2] He became a lawyer, being called to the bar in 1842 and specialising in equity draftsmanship and conveyancing.[2] Around 1870, he acquired the Lucknam Park estate and became a justice of the peace for Wiltshire.[4][2]