Thomas Lord, Thirsk Museum, Kirkgate, Thirk, N Yorks, UK
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A blue plaque denoting the birthplace of Thomas Lord, now the Thirsk Museum.
Waymark Code: WMVZ9Q
Location: Yorkshire, United Kingdom
Date Posted: 06/15/2017
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Thomas Lord was born on 23rd November 1755, the son of a Roman Catholic yeoman who had his lands forfeited after the Jacobite rising. The family moved to Diss and Thomas later moved to London as a general attendant at the White Conduit Club in Islington. Lord played professional cricket for Middlesex and the MCC from 1787 to 1802, principally as a bowler.
In 1786 two members of the White Conduit Club, the 9th Earl of Winchilsea and the 4th Duke of Richmond, approached Lord about purchasing a new ground for the club. Lord acquired the ground near Dorset Square, the club moved there and later merged with the Marylebone Cricket Club.
The lease on the ground lapsed in 1810 and Lord obtained an 80 year lease on a ground in Regents Park. By 1813 the government requisitioned part of the land for the Regent’s Canal and Lord had to move the ground to its present site in ST Johns Wood. The new ground opened in 1814. Lord, however, was having financial difficulties and was bought out by an MCC member William Ward. The ground continued to be known as “Lords”.
Thomas Lord retired to West Meon in Hampshire in 1830, dying there on 13th January 1832.
The plaque was unveiled in 2002 by Roger Knight of the MCC. The plaque reads
“The birthplace of Thomas Lord 1755 founder of Lord's Cricket Ground”
Blue Plaque managing agency: Thirsk Town Council
Individual Recognized: Thomas Lord
Physical Address:
Thirsk Museum
Kirkgate
Thirsk, N Yorks UK
Web Address: [Web Link]
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