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The cricketing and missionary Studds

The Studd family were a wealthy Victorian
Victorian era
The Victorian era of British history was the period of Queen Victoria's reign from 20 June 1837 until her death on 22 January 1901. It was a long period of peace, prosperity, refined sensibilities and national self-confidence...

 English
English people
The English are a nation and ethnic group native to England, who speak English. The English identity is of early mediaeval origin, when they were known in Old English as the Anglecynn. England is now a country of the United Kingdom, and the majority of English people in England are British Citizens...

 family who produced a number of outstanding cricketers
Cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of 11 players on an oval-shaped field, at the centre of which is a rectangular 22-yard long pitch. One team bats, trying to score as many runs as possible while the other team bowls and fields, trying to dismiss the batsmen and thus limit the...

, missionaries and two Lord Mayors of London
London
London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

. The family is believed to be descended from William the Conqueror, King of England
England
England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

. The following are all directly related:
  • The Studd brothers
    Studd brothers
    The famous Studd brothers, Sir John Edward Kynaston, George and Charles , were Victorian gentleman cricketers; they were educated at Eton and Cambridge. They all represented Eton in the Eton v Harrow annual needle match and represented Cambridge at cricket...

     (the three eldest sons of Edward Studd and Dorothy Thomas: JEK, CT and GB)
  • Charles Studd
    Charles Studd
    Charles Thomas Studd, often known as C. T. Studd, was born 2 December 1860, Spratton, Northamptonshire, England, and died 16 July 1931, Ibambi, Belgian Congo....

     (Charles Thomas 'CT') - third son of Edward and Dorothy, born 2 December 1860 Spretton, Northants, and died 16 July 1931 Ibambi
    Ibambi
    -Missionary activity:The missionary Charles Studd built up an extensive missionary outreach based on his centre at Ibambi in Budu territory. He was buried there after his death in July 1931....

    , Congo, both an England Cricketer and missionary in China
    China
    Chinese civilization may refer to:* China for more general discussion of the country.* Chinese culture* Greater China, the transnational community of ethnic Chinese.* History of China* Sinosphere, the area historically affected by Chinese culture...

    , India
    India
    India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

     and Belgian Congo
    Belgian Congo
    The Belgian Congo was the formal title of present-day Democratic Republic of the Congo between King Leopold II's formal relinquishment of his personal control over the state to Belgium on 15 November 1908, and Congolese independence on 30 June 1960.-Congo Free State, 1884–1908:Until the latter...

    , and founder of WEC International
    WEC International
    WEC International is a mission agency which focuses on church planting, and emphasises the importance of shared life in a local church as a vital expression of Christian life...

    .
  • George Studd
    George Studd
    George Brown Studd - cricketer and missionary.Studd was the second eldest of the famous Studd brothers, who dominated English cricket in the late 19th century...

     ('GB') - second son of Edward and Dorothy, England Cricketer.
  • Peter Malden Studd
    Peter Malden Studd
    Sir Peter Malden Studd GBE KCVO MA DSc DL - was an English cricketer and the 643rd Lord Mayor of London.-Biography:...

     - Cricketer and Lord Mayor of London.
  • Kynaston Studd
    Kynaston Studd
    Sir John Edward Kynaston Studd, 1st Baronet OBE , known as "JEK", was a British cricketer, businessman and Lord Mayor of London.-Family:...

     ('JEK' Sir John Edward Kynaston Studd, OBE) - the eldest brother, Cricketer and Lord Mayor of London, born 26 July 1858 Tidworth
    Tidworth
    Tidworth is a town in south-east Wiltshire, England with a growing civilian population. Situated at the eastern edge of Salisbury Plain, it is approximately 10 miles west of Andover, 12 miles south of Marlborough, 24 miles south of Swindon, 15 miles north by north-east of Salisbury and 6 miles east...

    , Netheravon, Wiltshire and died 14 January 1944.
  • Priscilla Studd
    Priscilla Studd
    Priscilla "Scilla" Studd was a Protestant Christian missionary and wife of Charles Studd....

     - nee Stewart, wife of Charles Studd and missionary in China and India.
  • Edward John Charles Studd - MCC
    Marylebone Cricket Club
    Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...

     Cricketer
  • Reginald Augustus Studd - MCC Cricketer (born c1874 at Tidworth Hall, the youngest of the four sons of Edward and Dorothy)
  • Arthur Haythorne Studd - MCC Cricketer (born Norfolk c1857).
  • Herbert Studd
    Herbert Studd
    Brigadier General Herbert William Studd was an English cricketer. Studd was a right-handed batsman.Studd was educated at Eton and Trinity College, Cambridge. He made his first-class debut for Middlesex against the touring Australians in 1890. During the match Studd took his only first-class...

     (born December, 26 1870 at Tidworth Hall) - Middlesex
    Middlesex County Cricket Club
    Middlesex County Cricket Club is one of the 18 major county clubs which make up the English and Welsh domestic cricket structure, representing the historic county of Middlesex. It was announced in February 2009 that Middlesex changed their limited overs name from the Middlesex Crusaders, to the...

    , Marylebone Cricket Club
    Marylebone Cricket Club
    Marylebone Cricket Club is a cricket club in London founded in 1787. Its influence and longevity now witness it as a private members' club dedicated to the development of cricket. It owns, and is based at, Lord's Cricket Ground in St John's Wood, London NW8. MCC was formerly the governing body of...

     and Hampshire
    Hampshire County Cricket Club
    Hampshire County Cricket Club represents the historic county of Hampshire in cricket's County Championship. The club was founded in 1863 as a successor to the Hampshire county cricket teams and has played at the Antelope Ground from then until 1885, before moving to the County Ground where it...

     cricketer.
  • Reginald Studd
    Reginald Studd
    Reginald Augustus Studd was an English cricketer. Studd was a right-handed batsman.Studd was educated at Eton College, where he was the youngest of six brothers to play for the school cricket team, and Trinity College, Cambridge.Studd made his first-class debut for the Marylebone Cricket Club...

     (1873-1948), Marylebone Cricket Club, Cambridge University
    Cambridge University Cricket Club
    Cambridge University Cricket Club is a first-class cricket team. It now plays all but one of its first-class cricket matches as part of the Cambridge University Centre of Cricketing Excellence , which includes Anglia Ruskin University...

     and Hampshire cricketer.

See also

  • The Studd Trophy
    Studd Trophy
    The Studd Challenge Trophy was presented annually from 1898 for the best performance by aRoyal Polytechnic Institution athlete during the previous year.-History:...

     - an annual athletics award
  • Big John Studd
    Big John Studd
    John William Minton was an American professional wrestler and actor who was born and raised in Butler, Pennsylvania, better known by his ring name, Big John Studd.-Career:...

     - wrestler
  • Ron Studd - wrestler
  • Paul Studd - actor
  • Will Studd
    Will Studd
    Will Studd is an Australian cheese specialist .Studd has been working with artisan and farmhouse cheeses for more than three decades, and has travelled extensively in his vocation....

    - cheese importer TV: Cheese Slices
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