Wynyard Battye

Wynyard Battye (9 January 1838 – 10 February 1882) was an English first-class cricketer and British Indian Army officer.

The son of George Wynyard Battye-Cumming and Marion Martha Money, he was born in January 1838 at Berhampur in British India. Through his mothers side, it is a possibility that he was the illegitimate grandson of Princess Elizabeth of the United Kingdom, making George III his great-grandfather.[1] Battye served in the British Indian Army during the Indian Rebellion of 1857, holding a commission with the 65th Bengal Native Infantry.[2] He came to England following the suppression of the mutiny, where he played a first-class cricket match for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Kent at Maidstone in June 1859.[3] Batting twice in the match, he was dismissed for 2 runs in the MCC first innings by George Wigzell, while in their second innings he was dismissed without scoring by Edgar Willsher.[4] Returning to British India, he was promoted to lieutenant in November 1864,[5] before being promoted to captain in April 1866.[6] He was promoted to major in April 1874 and served in the Second Anglo-Afghan War from 1878 to 1880.[7][2] Battye died in England at Weybridge in February 1882.[8]