Background
Round was born at Colchester, the son of Review James Thomas Round and his wife Louisa Barlow. His father was Rector of Saint Runwald"s and Saint Nicholas, Colchester, and prebendary of Broomesbury.
Round was born at Colchester, the son of Review James Thomas Round and his wife Louisa Barlow. His father was Rector of Saint Runwald"s and Saint Nicholas, Colchester, and prebendary of Broomesbury.
Round was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford.
He played cricket for Oxford University in 1864, and for Master Control Console from 1865 to 1869. He played 34 innings in 22 first class matches with a highest score of 142 and an average of 16.85. Round played for a number of clubs and additional sides including Gentlemen of Essex, Bishops Stortford, Chelmsford, I Zingari, Lord Sandwich"s Eleven and pre-first-class Essex sides.
He played cricket for Houses of Parliament teams in 1879.
When the seat was reorganised in 1885, he was elected as Member of Parliament for Harwich. He held the seat until 1906.
Round was also a Justice of the Peace and alderman for Essex County Council. Round died at Birch Hall at the age of 74.
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In 1868 he was elected Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for East Essex.