cricketer
Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville.
English nobleman, collector and patron of cricket (1743-1822)
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About Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville
Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville, styled Lord Ossulston from 1753 to 1767, was a British nobleman, a collector of shells and a famous patron of Surrey cricket in the 1770s. He agreed a set of cricket rules that included the first mention of the Leg before wicket rule.
Everything about Charles Bennet, 4th Earl of Tankerville →- Occupation
- cricketer
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- November 15, 1743
- Died
- December 10, 1822