brief profile of Edward Hilleary by Don Ambrose

---

Player:

EL Hilleary

---

DateLine: 7th April 2008

 

HILLEARY, Edward Langdale
Born : 3 December 1872, Tottenham, Middlesex.
Died : 14 November 1939, Surrey
Son of F.E.Hilleary, LLD., Stratford, Essex.
Entered Marlborough College, (Preshute House), September 1886, Rugby XV 1889, Cricket XI 1890, Left July 1890.
Trinity College, Cambridge, MA.
Played for MCC v Durham, at Ashbrooke, Sunderland, 31 July and 1 August 1893.
Solicitor 1897.
First World War - Lovat Scouts 1915, Major, OBE 1918, TD 1919, Mentioned in Despatches twice, Order of the White Eagle (Serbia).
Address - (1933) - The Lodge, Edinbane, Isle of Skye.