George Northey (cricketer)

George Wilbraham Northey DL JP (28 January 1835 – 12 March 1906) was an English first-class cricketer and British Army officer.

The son of Edward Richard Northey, he was born at Epsom in January 1835.[1] He was a gentlemen cadet at Sandhurst in 1851, with him purchasing the rank of ensign in the Cameronians in September 1853.[2] The following year he purchased the rank of lieutenant.[3] Northey played first-class cricket in 1857, when he played for a combined Gentlemen of Kent and Sussex cricket team against the Gentlemen of England at Canterbury.[4] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for a single run in the Gentlemen of Kent and Sussex first-innings by Cecil Fiennes, while in their second-innings he was dismissed for 4 runs by John Parker.[5]

In August 1858, he was appointed to be an instructor of musketry.[6] He married Louisa Barrow in September 1859, with the couple having thirteen children.[1] The following year he was promoted to captain in February 1860 and was appointed an adjutant at a Depot Battalion in October 1864.[7][8] He was promoted to major in October 1872,[9] before being placed on the retired list in June 1881 with the honorary rank of lieutenant colonel.[10][11] Northey was appointed as a deputy lieutenant for Wiltshire in April 1884,[12] in addition to serving as a justice of the peace for the county. He was for many years the president of Lansdown Cricket Club at Bristol.[13] Northey died in March 1906 at Ashley Manor at Box, Wiltshire.