{{Short description|English cricketer & banker (1856-1919)}} {{Use British English|date=April 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox person | name = Alfred Markham Inglis | image = | caption = | birth_date = 24 September 1856 | birth_place = Casouli, India | death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1919|6|17|1856|9|24}} | death_place = Westerham, Kent, England | father = Lt-Col John Eardley Inglis | mother = Hon. Julia Selina Thesiger | spouse = {{marriage|Ernestine (Nina) May Pigou|21 April 1892}} | relatives = Frank Inglis (son)<br />John Frederic Inglis (brother)<br />Rupert Inglis (brother)<br />{{nowrap| Frederic Thesiger (grandfather)}}<br />Hubert Ashton (nephew)<br />Gilbert Ashton (nephew)<br />Percy Ashton (nephew) <br />Claude Ashton (nephew)<br />John Gilchrist Inglis (nephew)<br>Alfred Thesiger (uncle) | education = Rugby School | alma_mater = Brasenose College, Oxford | occupation = Banker }}
'''Alfred Markham Inglis''' (24 September 1856 – 17 June 1919) was an amateur cricketer who played for MCC and Kent County Cricket Club in the 1870s. By profession, he was a banker.
==Early life== Inglis was born in Casouli,<ref name=cricketarchive>{{cite web|title=Alfred Inglis |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30532/30532.html |publisher=cricket archive|access-date=5 May 2011}}</ref> India where his father, Lieutenant-Colonel John Eardley Inglis was serving in the 32nd (Cornwall) Regiment of Foot. His mother was the Hon. Julia Selina Thesiger, daughter of Frederic Thesiger, 1st Baron Chelmsford.<ref name = "JFI">{{cite web|title=John Frederic Inglis|url=http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I6117&tree=Kings|publisher=family search|access-date=1 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330202655/http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I6117&tree=Kings|archive-date=30 March 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> By June 1857, when Inglis was less than a year old, his father was second-in-command under Sir Henry Lawrence at Lucknow where the British residency was under siege by Indian "rebels". Lawrence was killed during the early days of the siege, and as a result Col. Inglis took command of the British forces. Mrs. Inglis kept a diary of the events during the siege which lasted until November when the British were evacuated following the relief of the town by General Colin Campbell. Her diary was published in 1892.<ref>{{cite book|last=Inglis|first=Julia Selina|title=The siege of Lucknow: a diary|year=1892|publisher=James R. Osgood, McIlvaine & Co.|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WTkoAAAAYAAJ&q=Martiniere%20Lucknow|authorlink=Julia Selina Inglis}}</ref><ref name = "Diary">{{cite web|last=Inglis|first=Julia Selina|title=The Siege of Lucknow: a Diary|url=http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/inglis/lucknow/lucknow.html|work=A Celebration of Woman Writers|access-date=1 May 2011| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20110604162843/http://digital.library.upenn.edu/women/inglis/lucknow/lucknow.html| archivedate= 4 June 2011 | url-status= live}}</ref>
In the diary she often talks about keeping the "boys" and the "baby" (Alfred) safe during the siege and retreat:<blockquote> I talked to him (Dr. Scott) for some time, and consulted him about baby, who was looking thin and weak. (15 July)<br />This evening I was standing outside the door with baby in my arms, talking to the ayah, when I felt something whiz past my ears. (23 July)<br />A poor woman . . . whose husband . . . had been killed during the siege, came to-day to ask me to give her a little milk for her only child, who was dying for the want of proper nourishment. It went to my heart to refuse her; but at this time I had only just enough for my own children, and baby could not have lived without it. I think she understood that I would have given her some if I could. (14 August)<br />The children still kept pretty well, though baby grew thinner every day; nothing I gave him seemed to nourish him. (28 August)<br />As we were starting, Major Ouvry brought us some beer to drink, and poor baby, who was very thirsty, cried louder for it than I had ever heard him before. With difficulty I pacified him, and succeeded in getting him to sleep. Just then the word 'Halt!' was heard, and silence was ordered, all lights to be put out. It was evident some danger was apprehended, and I shall never forget my anxiety lest baby should commence crying again, and perhaps betray our whereabouts; I hardly dared breathe. (19 November)<ref name = "Diary"/></blockquote>
Following the retreat from Lucknow, Mrs. Inglis and her three children returned to England on board SS ''Ava''; the ship set out from Calcutta for Suez on 10 February 1858, but ran aground off Pigeon Island, about 12 miles from Trincomalee, Ceylon on 16 February.<ref>{{cite web|last=Kainic |first=Pascal |title=Another P & O Steamer lost: The Ava |url=http://www.oceantreasures.org/rubrique,the-ava,1090657.html |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120907165734/http://www.oceantreasures.org/rubrique,the-ava,1090657.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=7 September 2012 |publisher=www.oceantreasures.org |access-date=1 May 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=The Ava |url=http://www.gregormacgregor.com/Tod&Macgregor/Ava_93.htm |work=Tod & Macgregor Shiplist|publisher=www.gregormacgregor.com|access-date=1 May 2011}}</ref> The passengers and crew were rescued after spending a night in the ship's boats; the family eventually reached Alexandria before travelling on to Southampton, arriving there in early March.<ref name = "Diary"/>
Inglis was educated at Rugby School before going up to Brasenose College, Oxford in 1876.<ref>Alumni Oxonienses 1715–1886</ref> He became a banker.<ref name = "Tree"/>
==Cricket career== At Rugby School, Inglis was a member of the cricket XI in 1875 with appearances against Marlborough College and MCC.<ref name = "Other">{{cite web |title=Other matches played by Alfred Inglis |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/30/30532/30532.html |publisher=cricket archive |access-date=5 May 2011 }}</ref> His first-class cricket debut came ten years later when he played for MCC against Lancashire. He scored 11 and 12 respectively in his two innings as MCC were defeated by 8 wickets.<ref>{{cite web|title=Marylebone Cricket Club v Lancashire, Lord's Cricket Ground, St John's Wood on 20th, 21st July 1885 |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/2/2989.html|publisher=cricket archive|access-date=5 May 2011|date=n.d.}}</ref> Inglis' only appearance in County cricket came in June 1887 for Kent County Cricket Club against Lancashire.<ref>{{cite web|title=Kent v Lancashire Bat and Ball Ground, Gravesend on 27th, 28th June 1887 |url-access=subscription |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/3/3222.html |publisher=cricket archive|access-date=5 May 2011|date=n.d.}}</ref>
Inglis was a keen club cricketer and played for Esher, Free Foresters, Private Banks and Incogniti, continuing into his 40s.<ref name = "Other"/> For Free Foresters he had a reputation as a fielder, as recounted by W. K. Riland in his "''Annals of the Free Foresters from 1856 to the present day''"<blockquote>Alfred Inglis kindly did all the fielding for our side. Time may have tempered to some degree that ready enthusiasm; but a few years ago, when Inglis was playing on my side, I found it expedient to yell out " Inglis " whenever a ball was hit at all high in the air, by way of saving from utter destruction any other rash or unwary fieldsman who might feel inclined or possibly entitled to go for the catch. <br /> He was the most zealous and untiring fieldsman I ever saw, the sort of man who, if standing or fretting at deep square-leg, might be relied upon to back up cover-point on an emergency. Who that has experienced it will ever forget the sound, as of a mighty rushing steam-engine behind him, as he went to fetch a fourer when Inglis was on the war-path! His activity in very sooth covered not only much ground, but a multitude of other people's sins.<ref>{{cite book|last=Bedford|first=William Kirkpatrick Riland|authorlink=William Kirkpatrick Riland Bedford|title=Annals of the Free Foresters from 1856 to the present day|year=1895|publisher=W. Blackwood |location=Edinburgh|url=https://archive.org/stream/annalsoffreefore00bedfrich/annalsoffreefore00bedfrich_djvu.txt|page=280}}</ref></blockquote>
==Business career== Inglis was a partner in Child & Co., bankers of Fleet Street, London.<ref>{{cite web|title=Persons of whom.the Company or Partnership consists.|url=http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/31208/supplements/2957/page.pdf|work=Messrs. Child & Co.|publisher=London GazetteSupplement|access-date=5 May 2011|date=1 March 1919}}</ref>
Inglis lived at "Lynton", Beckenham,<ref name = "Tree"/> and died at Westerham, Kent on 17 June 1919.<ref name=cricketarchive/>
==Family==
On 21 April 1892, Inglis married Ernestine (Nina) May Pigou (1863–1941),<ref name = "Tree"/> daughter of Francis Pigou, the Dean of Bristol.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ernestine May Pigou|url=http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I6123&tree=Kings|publisher=Family Search|access-date=3 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927215043/http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I6123&tree=Kings|archive-date=27 September 2011|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> They had five children:
* John (Jack) Alfred Pigou Inglis (1893–1915), killed at the Battle of Loos.<ref name = "Tree"/><ref>{{cite web|title=J.A.P. Inglis|url=http://www.cwgc.org/find-war-dead/casualty/563671|work=Casualty Details|publisher=C.W.G.C. |access-date=3 May 2011}}</ref> * Ernestine (Nesta) Mary Inglis (1895–1990),<ref name = "Tree"/> headmistress at Tudor Hall School, Chislehurst, Kent and later at Wykham Park, Banbury, Oxfordshire.<ref>{{cite web|title=Tudor Hall|url=http://www.tudorhallschool.com/page/?title=Tudor+Hall&pid=14|publisher=Tudor Hall School|access-date=3 May 2011}}</ref> * Mildred Catherine Jane Inglis (1897–1979), married (Sir) Victor Goddard (1897–1987) who was a senior commander in the Royal Air Force during World War II.<ref name = "Tree"/> * Francis Frederic Inglis (1899–1969), became Air Vice-Marshal and Head of RAF Intelligence Staff during World War II.<ref name = "Tree"/> * Alfred Walter Inglis (1899–1967), became Assistant Chief Labour Officer for Imperial Chemical Industries.<ref name = "Tree"/>
Inglis was the third surviving child of John and Julia Inglis. His siblings were:<ref name = "Tree">{{cite web|title=Inglis family tree|url=http://www.inglis.uk.com/coldstoreindex.htm|publisher=www.inglis.uk.com|access-date=1 May 2011}}</ref><ref name=REI/> * John Frederic Inglis (b. 1852, died an infant) * John Frederic Inglis (1853–1923), who played cricket for Kent and football for Wanderers and Scotland * Charles George Inglis (1855–1923), who became a tea planter on the Agra Kandy Estate in Ceylon.<ref name = "Tree"/><ref>{{cite web|title=Charles George Inglis|url=http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I6119&tree=Kings|publisher=Family Search|access-date=1 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330202353/http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I6119&tree=Kings|archive-date=30 March 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> * Victoria Alexandrina Inglis (1859–1929), who married Hubert Ashton, and was mother of cricketers Hubert, Gilbert, Percy and Claude<ref>{{cite web|title=Victoria Alexandrina Inglis|url=http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I6126&tree=Kings|publisher=Family Search|access-date=1 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330202349/http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I6126&tree=Kings|archive-date=30 March 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> * Julia Mathilda Inglis (1861–1929), who married Sir George Herman Collier of the India Office<ref>{{cite web|title=Julia Mathilda Inglis|url=http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I6127&tree=Kings|publisher=Family Search|access-date=1 May 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120330202356/http://histfam.familysearch.org/getperson.php?personID=I6127&tree=Kings|archive-date=30 March 2012|url-status=dead|df=dmy-all}}</ref> * Rupert Edward Inglis (1863–1916), who was an England international rugby player and became a minister in the Church of England before serving as a chaplain in the First World War and was killed during the Battle of the Somme.<ref name=REI>{{cite web|title=Rupert Edward Inglis|url=http://www.inglis.uk.com/RUPERT%20EDWARD%20INGLIS%20thiepval.htm|publisher=www.inglis.uk.com|access-date=1 May 2011}}</ref>
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