Robert Berkeley
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Captain Robert George Wilmot Berkeley, DL (23 April 1898 – 28 August 1969), served as High Sheriff of Worcestershire (1933/34), and from 1952 as a Deputy Lieutenant for the county.[1] He also played first-class cricket for Worcestershire County Cricket Club.
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Full name | Robert George Wilmot Berkeley | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1898-04-23)23 April 1898 Warley Place, Essex, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 28 August 1969(1969-08-28) (aged 71) Bristol, Gloucestershire, England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 2 May 2009 |
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Captain Berkeley lived at Spetchley Park in Worcestershire before inheriting Berkeley Castle in Gloucestershire from his 13th cousin, the 8th and last Earl of Berkeley, in 1942.[2]