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Thomas Lord (born in Thirsk, Yorkshire on 23 November 1755; died in West Meon, Hampshire on 13 January 1832) was an English cricketer most famous for founding Lord's cricket ground, the ground that is now known as the Home of Cricket and the Marylebone Cricket Club. Thirsk is a small Market town in the Hambleton district of North Yorkshire, England. Yorkshire is a historic county of Northern England and the largest in Great Britain. Events 800 - Charlemagne arrives at Rome to investigate the alleged crimes of West Meon is a small Village in Hampshire, England, with a population of 690 Wildlife Hampshire has wildlife typical of the island of Great Britain Events 532 - Nika riots in Constantinople. 888 - Odo Count of Paris becomes King of the Franks The England cricket team is the national cricket team which represents England and Wales. Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries Lord's Cricket Ground (generally known as Lord's) is a cricket Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC is a private members' club founded in 1787

Lord himself played mainly for MCC and for various Middlesex teams. Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC is a private members' club founded in 1787 He is known to have begun playing about 1780 but his first recorded game was on his "own ground" (on the site of Dorset Square) on 31 May 1787 when he played for Middlesex v Essex. Lord has never been given much credit as a player but the match records of the 1790s indicate that he was a very good bowler, although it is true that his opposition was not always of the highest standard.

A tile with Thomas Lord's silhouette in relief at St John's Wood tube station
A tile with Thomas Lord's silhouette in relief at St John's Wood tube station

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Early life

Lord's father was a Roman Catholic yeoman, who had his lands sequestered for supporting the Jacobite rising in 1745 and afterwards he had to work as a labourer. St John's Wood tube station is a London Underground station at St John's Wood. Yeoman is noun used to indicate a variety of positions or Social classes In the 16th century a yeoman was also a Farmer of middling social status who owned Jacobitism was (and to a limited extent remains the political movement dedicated to the restoration of the Stuart kings to the thrones of England, Scotland The Lord family later moved to Diss, Norfolk, where Thomas Lord was brought up. DISS ( Disability Information Services is part of the Queen Elizabeth's Foundation for Disabled People (QEF a Charitable organisation based in Norfolk (ˈnɔrfək is a low-lying county in East Anglia, England, United Kingdom. Once he was out of childhood Lord moved to London and got a job as a bowler and general attendant at the White Conduit Club. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Muralijpg|thumb|250px|right|The world's leading off-spin bowler Muttiah Muralitharan sends down a delivery]] A bowler in the Sport of Cricket is usually

Lord's first ground

In 1786 Lord was encouraged to start his own private ground by George Finch, 9th Earl of Winchilsea and Charles Lennox, who went on to become the fourth Duke of Richmond. George Finch 9th Earl of Winchilsea KG PC FRS ( 4 November 1752 – 2 August 1826) was one of the most significant Charles Lennox 4th Duke of Richmond and Lennox, KG ( 9 December 1764 &ndash August 28, 1819) was a British soldier and The title Duke of Richmond is named after Richmond and its surrounding district of Richmondshire, and has been created several times in the Peerage of England They offered Lord a guarantee against any losses he might suffer. In May 1787 Lord acquired seven acres (28,000 m²) off Dorset Square, London and started his first ground, where the Marylebone Cricket Club played its home matches. London ( ˈlʌndən is the capital and largest urban area in the United Kingdom. Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC is a private members' club founded in 1787

The lease on the first ground ended in 1810.

Lord's second ground

Knowing that his lease on the first ground was due to expire shortly, Lord obtained an eighty-year lease on two fields, the Brick and Great Fields at North Bank, St John's Wood. The ground was built by 1809, when the first games were played there by St John's Wood Cricket Club, which was later merged into the Marylebone Cricket Club. Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC is a private members' club founded in 1787 In 1813 Parliament requisitioned the land for the Regent's Canal, which was cut through the site, thereby necessitating a further move.

Lord's third ground

The Media Centre at Lord's Cricket Ground as it looks today
The Media Centre at Lord's Cricket Ground as it looks today

Lord then moved his ground to its present site, where it opened in 1814. Lord was not, however, making enough money and therefore obtained permission to develop the ground for a building site - a move which would have left only 150 square yards of playing area. Thankfully for cricket-lovers the world over, Lord was bought out for £5,000 by William Ward, the noted batsman who was also a director of the Bank of England and future Member of Parliament in 1825. Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries William Ward (born 24 July 1787 at Islington, London; died 30 June 1849 at Westminster was a noted English cricketer. The Bank of England (formally the Governor and Company of the Bank of England) is a state-owned institution and the Central bank of the United Kingdom A Member of Parliament, or MP, is a representative elected by the voters to a Parliament.

Retirement

Lord remained in St John's Wood till 1830, when he retired to West Meon in Hampshire, where he died in 1832. Lord's son, also Thomas Lord, and born in Marylebone on 27 December 1794, was also a keen cricketer. Marylebone (sometimes written St Marylebone or Mary-le-bone, or in archaic use Marybone) is an area of central London, England in Events 537 - The Hagia Sophia is completed 1512 - The Spanish Crown issues the Laws of Burgos, governing the Cricket is a bat-and-ball team Sport that originated in England and is now played in more than 100 countries

Thomas Lord is buried in the church yard of St. John's Church in West Meon (http://www.hampshirecam.co.uk/jun407_3.html). The village has a public house named after him. Also buried in the same churchyard is Guy Burgess the Soviet spy who was a leading member of the infamous "Cambridge ring" of Soviet spies that operated in the UK between the mid-1930s and the early 1950s. Thomas Lord's resting place is just a few miles from Hambledon and the Hambledon Cricket Club, the birthplace of cricket. The Hambledon Club was a social club that is famous for its organisation of 18th century Cricket matches

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Further reading

Harry Surtees Altham, CBE, DSO, MC ( November 30, 1888 at Camberley, Surrey – March 11, 1965 Sir Derek Birley ( 31 May 1926 &ndash 14 May 2002) was an English educator and writer who had a strong interest in sport especially Cricket Major Rowland Francis Bowen (born 27 February 1916; died 4 September 1978 at Buckfastleigh, Devon) was a noted Cricket Samuel Britcher (date of birth unknown died c1805 probably in London) was a significant Cricket scorer and archivist who recorded the full scorecards of numerous George Bent Buckley (born in Yorkshire c1885 died 26 April 1962 aged 77 was a celebrated Cricket historian and an authority on the early days of the Henry Thomas Waghorn ( 11 April 1842 – 30 January 1930) was a Cricket statistician and historian Arthur Haygarth ( 4 August 1825 in Hastings, Sussex – 1 May 1903 in Pimlico, London) was a noted Sir Pelham Francis Warner ( 2 October 1873 in Port of Spain, Trinidad - 30 January 1963 at West Lavington West Sussex
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