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4 unusual facts about Thomas Raikes


Charles Fiddian-Green

He was bowled for 23 by Thomas Raikes by a ball which was said to have pitched so wide as to be almost off the mown area of the pitch.

Harriet Raikes

Harriet Raikes was the daughter of Thomas Raikes the Younger, a merchant and banker in London, and the granddaughter of Thomas Raikes the Elder, also merchant and banker in London and Governor of the Bank of England from 1797 to 1799.

Lord William FitzRoy

On 9 August 1816 he married Georgiana, the second daughter of Thomas Raikes, and had a son and three daughters.

Thomas Raikes

Their eldest son Thomas became a noted London diarist; another son, Henry, became a churchman, eventually Chancellor of the Diocese of Chester.



see also

Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington

Thomas Raikes ("the Younger") (3 October 1777 – 3 July 1848) a British merchant banker, dandy and diarist was a close childhood friend, traveling and gambling companion of Arthur Wellesley, 2nd Duke of Wellington.