{{short description|English cricketer and cleric}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2016}} {{Use British English|date=March 2016}} {{Infobox cricketer | name = | country = England | fullname = Thomas William Leventhorpe | nickname = | birth_date = 1813 | birth_place = London, England | death_date = 12 August 1860 (aged 46/47) | death_place = Yelling, Huntingdonshire, England | heightft = | heightinch = | heightm = | batting = Unknown | bowling = | role = | family = | club1 = Cambridge University | year1 = 1835 | clubnumber1 = | columns = 1 | column1 = First-class | matches1 = 1 | runs1 = 0 | bat avg1 = 0.00 | 100s/50s1 = –/– | top score1 = 0 | deliveries1 = – | wickets1 = – | bowl avg1 = – | fivefor1 = – | tenfor1 = – | best bowling1 = – | catches/stumpings1 = –/– | date = 13 December | year = 2013 | source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16794.html Cricinfo }}
The Reverend '''Thomas William Leventhorpe''' (1813 – 12 August 1860) was an English cleric and cricketer.
==Life== The son of Thomas Leventhorpe and Mary Collett,<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book|last1=Cole|first1=J. Timothy|last2=Foley|first2=Bradley R.|title=Collett Leventhorpe, the English Confederate: The Life of a Civil War General, 1815-1889|date=15 December 2006|publisher=McFarland & Co, Inc.|location=Jefferson|isbn=0786426497|page=17}}</ref> Leventhorpe was educated at Winchester College, before attending Jesus College, Cambridge.<ref name="acad">{{acad|id= LVNP832TW|name=Leventhorpe, Thomas William}}</ref>
While studying at Cambridge, Leventhorpe made a single appearance in first-class cricket for Cambridge University against the Marylebone Cricket Club at Parker's Piece in 1835.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/37/37210/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Thomas Leventhorpe|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=13 December 2013}}</ref> In a match which the Marylebone Cricket Club won by 88 runs, he was dismissed for a duck twice, firstly by Charles Parnther in Cambridge University's first-innings, and then by John Bayley in their second-innings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/0/535.html|title=Cambridge University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1835|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=13 December 2013}}</ref> Leventhorpe's batting style is unknown.
After leaving Jesus College in 1839, Leventhorpe became the parish priest of a number of churches in Cambridgeshire and Huntingdonshire. He died at Yelling, Huntingdonshire on 12 August 1860.<ref name="acad"/>
==Family== The American Civil War Confederate general Collett Leventhorpe was Leventhorpe's brother.<ref name="BOOK"/>
In 1845, Leventhorpe married Louisa Rooper, daughter of John Bonfoy Rooper.<ref>{{cite book|title=The Gentleman's Magazine|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=0xA2AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA523|year=1845|publisher=A. Dodd and A. Smith|page=523}}</ref> Rooper Leventhorpe (1850–1940) was their son.<ref>{{acad|id=LVNP868R|name=Leventhorpe, Rooper}}</ref>
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==External links== *[http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/16794.html Thomas Leventhorpe] at ESPNcricinfo *[https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/37/37210/37210.html Thomas Leventhorpe] at CricketArchive
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