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Claude Disney-Roebuck

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Born 1 March 1876
Morice Town, Devon, England
Died 10 May 1947(1947-05-10) (aged 71)
Hindhead, Surrey, England

Claude Delaval Disney-Roebuck (1 March 1876 – 10 May 1947) was an English first-class cricketer, British Army officer, and actor.

Early service and cricket[]

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]

World War I and later life[]

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]

References[]

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 "Disney Roebuck, Col Claude Delaval Spencer". www.combedown.org. https://www.combedown.org/tng/getperson.php?personID=I87&tree=disney-roebuck. Retrieved 2018-10-03. 
  2. ↑ "No. 26555". 25 September 1894. p. 5463. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26555/page/5463 
  3. ↑ "No. 26852". 14 May 1897. p. 2683. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/26852/page/2683 
  4. ↑ "No. 27106". 8 August 1899. p. 4897. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27106/page/4897 
  5. ↑ "No. 27620". 27 November 1903. p. 7748. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27620/page/7748 
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 "Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Claude Disney-Roebuck". CricketArchive. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29081/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html. Retrieved 2018-10-03. 
  7. ↑ "No. 27822". 28 July 1905. p. 5223. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27822/page/5223 
  8. ↑ "No. 27915". 22 May 1906. p. 3571. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/27915/page/3571 
  9. ↑ 9.0 9.1 "First-Class Matches played by Claude Disney-Roebuck". CricketArchive. https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29081/First-Class_Matches.html. Retrieved 2018-10-03. 
  10. ↑ "No. 29468". 9 February 1916. p. 1573. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29468/page/1573 
  11. ↑ "No. 29934". 8 February 1917. p. 1370. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/29934/page/1370 
  12. ↑ "No. 30969". 22 October 1918. p. 12551. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/30969/page/12551 
  13. ↑ "No. 32571". 9 January 1922. p. 273. https://www.thegazette.co.uk/London/issue/32571/page/273 
  14. ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Claude Roebuck – IMDb". IMDb. https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0736264/. Retrieved 2018-10-03. 

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