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John Aubrey-Fletcher

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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:

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

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  1. ^ a b England cricket record
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Biography of Sir John Aubrey-Fletcher at thePeerage.com
  3. ^ "Player profile: John Aubrey-Fletcher". CricketArchive. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
Honorary titles
Preceded by High Sheriff of Buckinghamshire
1961–1962
Succeeded by
Baronetage of Great Britain
Preceded by Baronet
(of Clea)
1969–1992
Succeeded by