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Baldwin, John Loraine, 1809-1896
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1809-1896
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BALDWIN, JOHN LORAINE, only son of John Baldwin (qv); b. 1 Jun 1809; adm. (Stelfox) 21 Jan 1822; left Dec 1823; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 10 Oct 1827; a well-known dandy and inventor of a scent; a staunch supporter of the Canterbury Cricket Week, and one of the original “Old Stagers” who acted at their first performance in 1842 (see History of Kent County Cricket, 149, 151, 168); one of the founders of I Zingari in 1845; Chairman of the Portland Committee, which drew up the rules of Short Whist; the Baldwin Club, which was called after him, was founded at 3 Pall Mall East in 1887; edited The Laws of Short Whist and a Treatise on the Game by J. C., 1864; author, A Glimpse of Whist, 1866, and other works; m. 31 Jul 1873 Elizabeth, widow of Lord Francis John Russell, and dau. of Algernon Peyton (qv); d. 25 Nov 1896.
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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition
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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020
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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.
The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.