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Full name | Claude Delaval Disney-Roebuck | ||||||||||||||
Born | 1 March 1876 Morice Town, Devon, England | ||||||||||||||
Died | 10 May 1947 Hindhead, Surrey, England | (aged 71)||||||||||||||
Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
Relations | Francis Disney-Roebuck (father) | ||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
1903–1906 | Dorset | ||||||||||||||
1906–1907 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 3 October 2018 |
Claude Delaval Disney-Roebuck (1 March 1876 – 10 May 1947) was an English first-class cricketer, British Army officer, and actor.
He was born at Morice Town in Plymouth in March 1876 to Anna Marian Kate Bond and her husband, the first-class cricketer and army officer Francis Disney-Roebuck. [1] He served in the British Army with the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, holding the rank of second lieutenant in 1894. [2] He transferred regiments in May 1897, joining the Northamptonshire Regiment. [3] he was promoted to lieutenant in August 1899, [4] which was followed up four years later with promotion to the rank of captain in June 1903. [5] He made his debut in minor counties cricket for Dorset in 1903, playing twice that year in the Minor Counties Championship. [6] He encountered ill health in 1905 and was placed on half pay, [7] with him retiring from the military in May 1906, retaining the rank of captain. [8] In that same month he made his debut in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Leicestershire at Lord's, [9] and in August he played a further six Minor Counties Championship matches for Dorset, which marked his final appearances in minor counties cricket. [6] He played a further first-class match for the MCC in 1907, in a repeat of the previous seasons fixture. [9] Disney-Roebuck married Margaret Wordsworth Charrington in January 1908. [1]
During World War I, Disney-Roebuck came out of the retirement to serve in the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, gaining the rank of temporary Lieutenant Colonel by February 1916, [10] having held the rank of major prior to this promotion. [11] He relinquished his appointment in March 1918, [12] and his command in January 1922. [13]
He took up acting in the 1930s, starring in the movies The Woman Between in 1931, and The Night of the Party in 1934. [14] He also had an uncredited role in the 1931 movie Other People's Sins. [14] Personal tragedy struck during World War II, when both of his sons were killed; his eldest son, Algernon Guy Spencer, died of natural causes while serving in North Africa on 9 April 1941, while his youngest son, Michael Wyndham, died aboard HMS Diamond eighteen days later. [1] Disney-Roebuck died at Hindhead, Surrey in May 1947. He was survived by his wife, who died in 1966, and his daughter Nancy, who died in 1979. [1]
Personal information | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Claude Delaval Disney-Roebuck | ||||||||||||||
Born | 1 March 1876 Morice Town, Devon, England | ||||||||||||||
Died | 10 May 1947 Hindhead, Surrey, England | (aged 71)||||||||||||||
Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
Relations | Francis Disney-Roebuck (father) | ||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
1903–1906 | Dorset | ||||||||||||||
1906–1907 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
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Source:
Cricinfo, 3 October 2018 |
Claude Delaval Disney-Roebuck (1 March 1876 – 10 May 1947) was an English first-class cricketer, British Army officer, and actor.
He was born at Morice Town in Plymouth in March 1876 to Anna Marian Kate Bond and her husband, the first-class cricketer and army officer Francis Disney-Roebuck. [1] He served in the British Army with the Duke of Cornwall's Light Infantry, holding the rank of second lieutenant in 1894. [2] He transferred regiments in May 1897, joining the Northamptonshire Regiment. [3] he was promoted to lieutenant in August 1899, [4] which was followed up four years later with promotion to the rank of captain in June 1903. [5] He made his debut in minor counties cricket for Dorset in 1903, playing twice that year in the Minor Counties Championship. [6] He encountered ill health in 1905 and was placed on half pay, [7] with him retiring from the military in May 1906, retaining the rank of captain. [8] In that same month he made his debut in first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against Leicestershire at Lord's, [9] and in August he played a further six Minor Counties Championship matches for Dorset, which marked his final appearances in minor counties cricket. [6] He played a further first-class match for the MCC in 1907, in a repeat of the previous seasons fixture. [9] Disney-Roebuck married Margaret Wordsworth Charrington in January 1908. [1]
During World War I, Disney-Roebuck came out of the retirement to serve in the Queen's Own Royal West Kent Regiment, gaining the rank of temporary Lieutenant Colonel by February 1916, [10] having held the rank of major prior to this promotion. [11] He relinquished his appointment in March 1918, [12] and his command in January 1922. [13]
He took up acting in the 1930s, starring in the movies The Woman Between in 1931, and The Night of the Party in 1934. [14] He also had an uncredited role in the 1931 movie Other People's Sins. [14] Personal tragedy struck during World War II, when both of his sons were killed; his eldest son, Algernon Guy Spencer, died of natural causes while serving in North Africa on 9 April 1941, while his youngest son, Michael Wyndham, died aboard HMS Diamond eighteen days later. [1] Disney-Roebuck died at Hindhead, Surrey in May 1947. He was survived by his wife, who died in 1966, and his daughter Nancy, who died in 1979. [1]