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Born at Hinton, Hampshire, Kingscote was educated at Harrow and devoted much of his early life to cricket and hunting.
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He also helped found churches and schools, sent aid to the Irish poor, sent aid to British troops in Crimea, and tried to found workshops for the blind. He was one of the founders of the British and Colonial Emigration Society, the South Australian Company, and the National Orphan Home at Ham Common. He died on 13 July 1882 at Westminster.
Kingscote was six foot, 6 inches tall, and this often gave him an advantage.
He first played at Lord"s on 21 May 1823, and in 1827 he was elected president of the Marylebone Cricket Club (Master Control Console). He made 33 known appearances in first-class matches including 8 for the Gentlemen from 1825 to 1834.
Henry Robert Kingscote was the second son of Thomas Kingscote (d 1811) and Harriet Peyton, fourth daughter of Sir Henry Peyton.
