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{{Short description|English cricketer and Indian British Army officer (1883–1955)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=May 2023}}
{{Use British English|date=May 2023}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| full_name = Edward Juxon Henry Haughton
| nickname =
| birth_date = 19 January 1883
| birth_place = [[Mawlamyine|Moulmein]], [[British Burma]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1955|11|17|1883|1|19|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Hersham]], [[Surrey]], England
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| family =
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1912/13–1914/15
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 7
| runs1 = 288
| bat avg1 = 22.15
| 100s/50s1 = –/1
| top score1 = 55
| deliveries1 = 705
| wickets1 = 12
| bowl avg1 = 27.50
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = 3/30
| catches/stumpings1 = 6/–
| date = 27 May
| year = 2023
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/cricketers/edward-haughton-29343 ESPNcricinfo
}}

'''Edward Juxon Henry Haughton''' {{postnominal|DSO}} (19 January 1883 — 17 November 1955) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Indian Army]] officer.

The son of [[Colonel (United Kingdom)|Colonel]] Thomas Hutchinson Haughton, he was born in [[British Burma]] at [[Mawlamyine|Moulmein]] in January 1883.<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WHbPVeA1USsC|title=Who's Who|publisher=[[A & C Black]]|location=London|page=1386|date=1942}}</ref> He was educated in [[England]] at [[Bedford]], before attending the [[Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]. He graduated from there into the [[Royal Warwickshire Regiment]] as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] in January 1902.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27398|date=17 January 1902|page=386}}</ref> He was transferred to the [[British Indian Army]] in November 1903,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27663|date=1 April 1904|page=2119}}</ref> being appointed to the [[78th Moplah Rifles]] and being promoted to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in April 1904.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27716|date=23 September 1904|page=6139}}</ref> With the abolition of the 78th under the [[British Indian Army#Kitchener reforms|Kitchener reforms]] of 1907, Haughton was posted to the [[Maratha Light Infantry]]. He was promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in July 1911.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28514|date=18 July 1911|page=5355}}</ref> Haughton played [[first-class cricket]] in India for the [[Europeans cricket team]], making his debut against the [[Parsis cricket team|Parsees]] at [[Deccan Gymkhana Ground|Poona]] in the [[Bombay Quadrangular|1912-13 Bombay Presidency Match]]. He played for the Europeans until September 1914, making six appearances in the Bombay Presidency Matches.<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13646/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Edward Haughton|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 May 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> He scored 211 runs in these matches, at an [[batting average (cricket)|average]] of 17.58 and a highest score of 55.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13646/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by Edward Haughton|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 May 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> With the ball, he took 10 wickets at a [[bowling average]] of 24.70, with best figures of 3 for 30.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13646/f_Bowling_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Bowling For Each Team by Edward Haughton|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 May 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref> In addition to playing for the Europeans, Haughton also made a single first-class appearance for [[J. G. Greig|J. G. Greig's XI]] against the [[Hindus cricket team|Hindus]] in August 1912,<ref name="FCM"/> scoring 77 runs in the match and taking 2 wickets.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/8/8886.html|title=JG Greig's XI v Hindus, Other First-Class matches in India 1912/13|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=27 May 2023|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Haughton served in the British Indian Army during the [[First World War]], where he saw action in the [[Mesopotamian campaign]]. As part of the 105th Maratha, he joined up with the [[3rd (Lahore) Division]] in September 1916 to take part in the attempt to relieve [[Siege of Kut|British forces besieged of Kut]], with him seeing action in the [[Battle of Mount Hamrin|First Battle of Jebel Hamlin]] in March 1917. He had been promoted to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in January 1917.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30084|date=22 May 1917|page=4945}}</ref> During his deployment to Mesopotamia, Haughton was awarded the [[Royal Humane Society]] Bronze Medal for saving the life of a member of the [[Gurkha|Gurkha Rifles]] who had fallen into the [[Shatt al-Arab]], with him jumping into the river to save the Rifleman.<ref name="BOOK"/> He was made a Companion of the [[Distinguished Service Order]] in February 1918.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=30514|date=5 February 1918|page=1800|supp=y}}</ref> In the closing stages of the war, the 3rd Lahore Division was transferred to [[Sultanate of Egypt|Egypt]], but Haughton returned to India. There he served as a brigade major,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31965|date=6 July 1920|page=7233}}</ref> and saw action in the [[Third Anglo-Afghan War]], where he was wounded in action.<ref name="BOOK"/> He was promoted to [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] in May 1926,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33185|date=23 July 1926|page=4872}}</ref> before retiring from active service in April 1931.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=33710|date=24 April 1931|page=2650}}</ref> Haughton later retired to England, where he died suddenly while playing [[golf]] at Burhill Golf Club in [[Surrey]] on 17 November 1955.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0003619/19551125/005/0005|title=Lt-Col Edward Juxon Henry Haughton|work=Esher News and Mail|page=5|date=22 November 1955|access-date=27 May 2023|url-access=subscription |via=[[British Newspaper Archive]]}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=29343}}

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[[Category:1883 births]]
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[[Category:People from Mawlamyine]]
[[Category:Graduates of the Royal Military College, Sandhurst]]
[[Category:Royal Warwickshire Fusiliers officers]]
[[Category:Maratha Light Infantry officers]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Europeans cricketers]]
[[Category:J. G. Greig's XI cricketers]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:Companions of the Distinguished Service Order]]
[[Category:British military personnel of the Third Anglo-Afghan War]]
[[Category:19th-century British Army personnel]]

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