Ralph Mortimer, Date of Birth, Date of Death

Ralph Mortimer

English cricketer

Date of Birth: 07-Jul-1869

Date of Death: 03-May-1955

Profession: cricketer

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Sir Ralph George Elphinstone Mortimer (7 July 1869 – 3 May 1955) was an English landowner and public servant who had a fleeting career as a first-class cricketer.
He was a right-handed batsman who played for Lancashire.
He was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Northumberland and died in Milbourne Hall, near Ponteland, Northumberland. As a cricketer, Mortimer made just one first-class appearance for Lancashire, in a University match against Oxford University in 1891.
In the only innings in which he batted, he scored 22 not out.
But he remained a player at a lower level and, representing Northumberland, he played in the Minor Counties Championship from 1896 to 1906; he later served as president and chairman of the cricket club.Mortimer studied at Harrow School and Trinity College, Cambridge.
In 1891, he inherited Milbourne Hall from a maternal relative and thereafter was occupied with good works in the Northumberland area.
He was involved from early days with the Boy Scout movement and was chairman or vice-chairman of Newcastle Royal Victoria Infirmary for 36 years; at the age of 72, The Times reported in his obituary, he was involved in more than 50 local committees.
He was awarded the OBE in 1920 and knighted in 1934.