{{short description|English cricketer and barrister}} {{distinguish|Henry Simmonds}} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | image = | country = England | fullname = Henry John Simonds | birth_date = 23 March 1828 | birth_place = Caversham, Berkshire, England | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1896|1|28|1828|3|23}} | death_place = Caversham, Berkshire, England | heightft = | heightinch = | nickname = | family = | batting = Unknown | bowling = | role = | club1 = Cambridge University | year1 = 1849–1850 | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 2 | runs1 = 5 | bat avg1 = 1.25 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 3 | hidedeliveries = true | catches/stumpings1 = 1/– | date = 2 January | year = 2022 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/21297.html Cricinfo }}
'''Henry John Simonds''' {{postnominal|country=GBR|JP}} (23 March 1828{{spnd}}25 January 1896) was an English first-class cricketer and barrister.
The son of William May Simonds, he was born at Caversham in March 1828. He was educated at Eton College, before going up to King's College, Cambridge.<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book|last=Venn|first=John|title=Alumni Cantabrigienses|year=1944|volume=5|publisher=Cambridge University Press|page=512|url=https://archive.org/details/p2alumnicantabri05univuoft|language=en}}</ref> While studying at Cambridge, he played two first-class cricket matches for Cambridge University Cricket Club, against Cambridge Town Club at Fenner's in 1849 and in The University Match against Oxford University at Oxford in 1850.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/37/37675/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Henry Simonds|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-01-02|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He had little success in these two matches, scoring just 5 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/37/37675/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Henry Simonds|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=2022-01-02|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was a fellow of King's College from 1849 to 1858.<ref name="BOOK"/>
A student of the Inner Temple, he was called to the bar in January 1853 to practice on the Western Circuit.<ref name="MATB">{{cite book |title=Men-at-the-bar |first=Joseph |last=Foster |date=1885 |publisher=Reeves and Turner |page=426 |url=https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Page:Men-at-the-Bar.djvu/426 |language=en}}</ref> He was appointed a justice of the peace for Oxfordshire in January 1868.<ref>Mr. Henry John Simonds. ''Berkshire Chronicle''. 4 January 1868. p. 5</ref> He was a partner in the family brewing business, H & G Simonds Ltd, which was named by his father after him and his brother, George.<ref name="BOOK"/> He was active in local politics and was a Chairman of his local Conservative Association.<ref>The Recreation Ground. ''Berkshire Chronicle''. 8 February 1896. p. 6</ref> Simonds died at his residence in Caversham in January 1896.<ref>Deaths. ''Reading Mercury''. 1 February 1896. p. 7</ref>
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