Robert Remnant, 2nd Baron Remnant, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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British cricketer (1895-1967)
Date of Birth: 29-Mar-1895
Place of Birth: Westminster, England, United Kingdom
Date of Death: 04-Jun-1967
Profession: cricketer
Nationality: United Kingdom
Zodiac Sign: Aries 
About Robert Remnant, 2nd Baron Remnant
- Robert John Farquharson Remnant, 2nd Baron Remnant MBE (29 March 1895 – 4 June 1967) was an English cricketer, active from 1920 to 1936.
- A right-handed batsman and right-arm medium-fast bowler, he made three appearances in first-class cricket but was mostly associated with minor counties cricket. The son of James Remnant, 1st Baron Remnant, Remnant was born at Westminster, London.
- He was educated at Eton College and later attended Magdalen College, Oxford.
- Remnant served with the Royal Berkshire Regiment during the First World War, reaching the rank of major.
- He made his debut in minor counties cricket for Berkshire following the war in 1920 against Hertfordshire at Watford.
- He played regularly for Berkshire throughout the 1920s, and in 1931 he was selected to play in first-class match for a combined Minor Counties cricket team against the touring New Zealanders at Gainsborough.
- He succeeded his father as the 2nd Baron Remnant in 1933.
- He made two further first-class appearances for the Minor Counties cricket team in 1934 and 1936, playing twice against Oxford University at the University Parks.
- In his three first-class appearances he scored a total of 113 runs with a high score of 47, while with the ball he took 5 wickets with best figures of 3/80.
- He continued to play minor counties cricket for Berkshire until 1936, by which point he had made 73 appearances.
- He was made an MBE in the 1945 honours list.He died at Twyford, Berkshire, on 4 June 1967, and was succeeded as the 3rd Baron upon his death by his son, James Wogan Remnant.
- His brother Peter, and uncle, Cunliffe Gosling, were both first-class cricketers.
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