Kynaston Studd
British cricketer, businessman and Lord Mayor of London (1858-1944)
Sir John Edward Kynaston Studd, 1st Baronet (26 July 1858 – 14 January 1944), known as "JEK", was a British cricketer, businessman and Lord Mayor of London.
Family
Studd was born at Tedworth House, Tidworth, Wiltshire. He married, firstly, Hilda Proctor-Beauchamp, daughter of Sir Thomas William Brograve Proctor-Beauchamp, 4th Bt. and Hon. Catherine Esther Waldegrave, on 10 December 1884. He married, secondly, Princess Alexandra Lieven, daughter of Prince Paul Lieven, on 18 June 1924. He died in Marylebone, London, on 14 January 1944, at age 85.
Children of Sir Kynaston Studd, 1st Bt., and Hilda Proctor-Beauchamp:
There were no children of the second marriage.
Sporting career
Cricketing Studds
Sir Kynaston was the eldest of the famous three Studd Brothers, and the last of them to captain Cambridge in consecutive seasons.
At Eton, Kynaston was never on the losing side in the needle matches against Harrow and Winchester.
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