Ivo Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley
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Ivo Francis Walter Bligh, 8th Earl of Darnley JP DL (13 March 1859 – 10 April 1927), styled The Honourable Ivo Bligh until 1900, lord of the manor of Cobham, Kent, was a British nobleman, parliamentarian and cricketer.
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Full name | Ivo Francis Walter Bligh | |||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1859-03-13)13 March 1859 Westminster, London | |||||||||||||||||||||
Died | 10 April 1927(1927-04-10) (aged 68) Shorne, Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||
Batting | Right-handed | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Test debut (cap 38) | 30 December 1882 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
Last Test | 21 February 1883 v Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||
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1877–1883 | Kent | |||||||||||||||||||||
1878–1881 | Cambridge University | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Source: CricInfo, 22 September 2008 |
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Bligh captained the England team in the first ever Test cricket series against Australia with The Ashes at stake in 1882/83.[2] Later in life, he inherited the earldom of Darnley and sat at Westminster as an elected Irish representative peer.[3]