# Louis Weigall
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{{short description|English cricketer and British Army officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}}
{{Use British English|date=March 2020}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = Louis Arthur Frederick Weigall
| birth_date = 14 December 1873
| birth_place = [Marylebone](/source/Marylebone), [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex), England
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|1957|2|13|1873|12|14}}
| death_place = [Folkestone](/source/Folkestone), Kent, England
| nickname =
| family = [Gerry Weigall](/source/Gerry_Weigall) (brother)
[Evelyn Weigall](/source/Evelyn_Weigall) (brother)
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| club1 = [Lincolnshire](/source/Lincolnshire_County_Cricket_Club)
| year1 = 1907–1914
| club2 = [Europeans](/source/Europeans_cricket_team)
| year2 = 1917/18–1919/20
| columns = 1
| column1 = [First-class](/source/First-class_cricket)
| matches1 = 7
| runs1 = 171
| bat avg1 = 13.15
| 100s/50s1 = –/1
| top score1 = 57
| deliveries1 = 221
| wickets1 = 5
| bowl avg1 = 31.80
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 2/41
| catches/stumpings1 = 4/–
| date = 17 February
| year = 2019
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/35961.html ESPNcricinfo
}}
'''Louis Arthur Frederick Weigall''' (14 December 1873 – 13 February 1957) was an English first-class cricketer and [British Army](/source/British_Army) Officer. Weigall served in the [Royal Lincolnshire Regiment](/source/Royal_Lincolnshire_Regiment) and the [South Staffordshire Regiment](/source/South_Staffordshire_Regiment) during the [First World War](/source/First_World_War), and later played [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket) in [British India](/source/British_Raj).
==Early life and military career==
Born in [Marylebone](/source/Marylebone), [Middlesex](/source/Middlesex), Weigall was son of a Victorian artist, [Henry Weigall](/source/Henry_Weigall) (best known for his portrait of [Benjamin Disraeli](/source/Benjamin_Disraeli) in 1878–1879), and his wife, [Lady Rose Sophia Mary Fane](/source/Lady_Rose_Weigall), daughter of [John Fane, 11th Earl of Westmorland](/source/John_Fane%2C_11th_Earl_of_Westmorland), and wife [Priscilla Anne Wellesley-Pole](/source/Priscilla_Fane%2C_Countess_of_Westmorland). Through his mother, he was connected to the Duke of Wellington. A younger brother was Lieutenant Colonel Sir [William Ernest George Archibald Weigall](/source/Archibald_Weigall), 1st Baronet, KCMG, a Conservative Member of Parliament who was Governor of South Australia. One of his older brothers was the cricketer [Gerry Weigall](/source/Gerry_Weigall) (born Gerald John Villiers Weigall). Another brother, [Evelyn](/source/Evelyn_Weigall), was also first-class cricketer.
Weigall was educated at [Wellington College](/source/Wellington_College%2C_Berkshire),[{{cite book |title=Debrett's Peerage, Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage |publisher=Dean & Son, Limited |year=1902 |first1= |last1= |page=836 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=cLc7AQAAMAAJ|language=en}}] before enlisting in the [Rifle Brigade](/source/Rifle_Brigade_(The_Prince_Consort's_Own)) as a [Second Lieutenant](/source/Second_lieutenant) in December 1892.[{{London Gazette |issue=26352|date=9 December 1892|startpage=7219}}] He was promoted to the rank of [lieutenant](/source/Lieutenant_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)) in October 1893,[{{London Gazette |issue=26447|date=6 October 1893|startpage=5622}}] with promotion to [captain](/source/Captain_(British_Army_and_Royal_Marines)) following in February 1898.[{{London Gazette |issue=26936|date=8 February 1898|startpage=770}}] He transferred to the [Royal Berkshire Regiment](/source/Royal_Berkshire_Regiment) in that same year.[{{London Gazette |issue=26957|date=15 April 1898|startpage=2386}}]
Weigall ran a fishing company in [Grimsby](/source/Grimsby) during the first decade of the 1900s, with the company ceasing to trade in 1909.[{{London Gazette |issue=28244|date=23 April 1909|startpage=3150}}] Being located in Grimsby meant he played [minor counties cricket](/source/Minor_Counties_of_English_and_Welsh_cricket) for [Lincolnshire](/source/Lincolnshire_County_Cricket_Club) from 1907–1914, making eight appearances in the [Minor Counties Championship](/source/Minor_Counties_Championship).[{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14858/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by Louis Weigall |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=17 February 2019 |url-access=subscription}}]
==World War I and first-class cricket==
Weigall served during the [First World War](/source/First_World_War) as a captain in the [Lincolnshire Regiment](/source/Lincolnshire_Regiment),[{{London Gazette |issue=28975|date=13 November 1914|startpage=9369|supp=y}}] though he was seconded to the [South Staffordshire Regiment](/source/South_Staffordshire_Regiment) in January 1917.[{{London Gazette |issue=30076|date=18 May 1917|startpage=4865|supp=y}}] During his secondment he was promoted to the rank of [major](/source/Major_(United_Kingdom)) in December 1917.[{{London Gazette |issue=30788|date=9 July 1918|startpage=8139|supp=y}}] He served in [British India](/source/British_India) with the South Staffordshire Regiment, during which he made his debut in [first-class cricket](/source/first-class_cricket) for the [Europeans](/source/Europeans_cricket_team) against the [Parsees](/source/Parsees_cricket_team) at [Bombay](/source/Bombay_Gymkhana) in December 1917.[{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14858/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by Louis Weigall |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=17 February 2019 |url-access=subscription}}]
Weigall spent two years in India playing first-class cricket. He played for [Lord Willingdon's XI](/source/Freeman_Freeman-Thomas%2C_1st_Marquess_of_Willingdon) in March 1918.[{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9513.html |title=India v England, 1918/19 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=17 February 2019 |url-access=subscription}}] The match was a mock Test match celebrating the [signing of the armistice](/source/Armistice_of_11_November_1918) to halt the war. He played seven first-class matches in India, scoring 171 runs at an [average](/source/batting_average_(cricket)) of 13.15, with a high score of 57.[{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14858/14858.html |title=Player profile: Louis Weigall |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=17 February 2019 |url-access=subscription}}] As a bowler, he also took 5 wickets.