Researching Oliver Pell
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The name Oliver means "an olive" and is of Latin origin.
Records of Oliver Pell on Ancestry
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Oliver Pell
Oliver Claude Pell (born 3 September 1826 at Pinner Hill, Middlesex; died 17 October 1891 at Wilburton Manor, Ely, Cambridgeshire) was an English amateur cricketer who played first-class cricket from 1844 to 1848.
Oliver Pell was educated at Rugby School and Trinity College, Cambridge.A right-handed batsman who was mainly associated with Cambridge University and Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC), he made 39 known appearances in first-class matches. He represented the Gentlemen in the Gentlemen v Players series and was an original member of William Clarke's All-England Eleven.
Pell was called to the Bar from Lincoln's Inn in 1851, and practised at the Chancery Bar. He also won prizes at Wimbledon in rifle shooting and was a member of the English VIII which defeated Scotland in 1868.
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