10/31/2023 0 Comments Firstclass horace mann![]() In 1775 his uncle made over to him the family estate at Bourne, in return for an annuity. He topped the poll and was returned as Member of Parliament for the seat. At the 1774 general election he contested Maidstone, having deferred a planned journey abroad for his wife's health. Mann's ownership of Linton gave him electoral interest at Maidstone. He was knighted on 10 June 1772, to act as proxy for his uncle at the installation of the Bath. Mann was nephew of Sir Horace Mann, 1st Baronet who was a British diplomat in Tuscany from 1738 to 1786. He was a member of the committee at The Star and Garter in Pall Mall, which drew up a new revision of the Laws of Cricket on 25 February 1774. Mann was a member of the Committee of Noblemen and Gentlemen of Kent, Hampshire, Surrey, Sussex, Middlesex and London. He later moved to Dandelion, Kent, near Margate, and established another ground there which was used for some first-class games towards the end of the 18th century. Within its grounds he had his own cricket ground Bourne Paddock which staged many first-class matches in the 1770s and 1780s. He owned Boughton Place in Boughton Malherbe and Linton Park in Linton, both near Maidstone, and later had his family seat at Bourne Park House, near Canterbury. ![]() Mann had a number of influential friends including John Frederick Sackville, 3rd Duke of Dorset, with whom he shared a keen cricketing rivalry. Mann married Lady Lucy Noel, daughter of Baptist Noel, 4th Earl of Gainsborough, on 13 April 1765. He also inherited over £100,000 from his father. His father died on 21 December 1756 and he succeeded to his estates at Boughton and Linton. He was educated at Charterhouse School and entered Peterhouse, Cambridge in 1760. Mann was the only surviving son of Galfridus Mann, an army clothier, of Boughton Place in Boughton Malherbe, Kent and his wife, Sarah Gregory, daughter of John Gregory of London. He was an occasional player but rarely in first-class matches. He is remembered as a member of the Hambledon Club in Hampshire and a patron of Kent cricket. Sir Horatio (Horace) Mann, 2nd Baronet (2 February 1744 – 2 April 1814) was a British politician who sat in the House of Commons between 17. Horatio Mann and his Hound by Hugh Douglas Hamilton.
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