11. Reginald Seymour Brinton 1870 [1137]

PARENT 10 John Brinton 1827 [676]

Reginald Seymour Brinton

REGINALD SEYMOUR BRINTON was born in Stamford, Worcester on the 15 December 1870 and died on the 23 February 1942, aged 71.

He married 1/ MARGARET ANNE CLARKE in Staffordshire on the 9 June 1896.

Margaret, daughter of Frederic Furhmann Clarke and Lucy Annette Boott [Lucy was the daughter of Francis Boott and Mary Hardcastle].

Margaret was born in Aldridge, Staffordshire on the 11 November 1866 and died on the 29 July 1921, aged 54.

Reginald then married 2/ RUBY M. CARR in Kensington, London in 1924. Ruby had previously been married to Kenneth Hare in 1913. She died on the 17 December 1948.

There were no issue to Reginald's second marriage.

Reginald Seymour Brinton was an English industrialist and cricketer, who played 13 first-class matches for Worcestershire in the early twentieth century.

Born at Moor Hall, Lower Mitton, Worcestershire Brinton was a member of the Kidderminster carpet -making family. In 1914, he became Chairman of Brintons on the death of his father John Brinton, who had run the firm since 1857. He retained this position until his death in 1942. Also in 1914, Reginald Brinton was made Mayor of Kidderminster, which is an office he held until 1916.

Brinton was educated at Winchester and New College- Oxford University, although he did not reach the first eleven for cricket at either establishment. He made his first-class debut against Yorkshire in the 1903 County Championship, scoring 66 not out in the second innings. He played two other games that season, against Cambridge University and Somerset, but made little impression.

In July 1904 against Oxford University, Brinton made his highest first-class innings, scoring an unbeaten 72 in an imposing Worcestershire first innings of 490; nevertheless, Oxford won the game. This was, however, his last contribution of any real note: in the 18 remaining innings of his first-class career, Brinton never made more than 30, and after 1906 he played only one more match, against Middlesex in June 1909.

He died in Kidderminster Worcestershire, at the age of 72.

Reginald's brother Percival made a single appearance for Worcestershire in 1904.

Children of REGINALD & MARGARET BRINTON

i DIANA MARY CHAYTOR BRINTON [1488] b.1897

ii LUCY NOEL CLERVAUX BRINTON [1491] b.1898

iii JOHN FREDERICK CHAYTOR BRINTON [1490] b.1902

iv ANNE CECILIA HARDCASTLE BRINTON [1487] b.1906

v HOPE ELIZABETH CLARKE BRINTON [1489] b.1910