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{{short description|English cricketer, British Army officer and colonial official}}
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{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = Henry Whatley Estridge
| birth_date = 10 October 1837
| birth_place = [[Carshalton]], [[Surrey]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|1902|1|15|1837|10|10|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Witney]], [[Oxfordshire]], England
| nickname =
| family = [[George Estridge]] (brother)
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling = Right-arm [[Underarm bowling|underarm slow]]
| role =
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| year1 =
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 14
| bat avg1 = 7.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 14
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = –/–
| date = 3 June
| year = 2021
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/player/12681.html Cricinfo
}}

'''Henry Whatley Estridge''' (10 October 1837 – 15 January 1902) was an [[English people|English]] first-class [[cricket]]er, a [[Royal Indian Navy]] and [[British Army]] officer, [[Colonial Service]] official, and [[naturalist]].

The son of George Estridge, he was born at [[Carshalton]] in October 1837. Estridge initially served in the [[Royal Indian Navy]], serving in the [[Anglo-Persian War]] of 1856–57. He served as a [[Midshipman#Royal_Navy|midshipman]] aboard the [[sloop]] ''Clive'', seeing action at the [[Anglo-Persian_War#Battle_of_Bushire|Battle of Bushire]] in December 1856.<ref>{{cite book|title=The War for a Persian Lady|last=English|first=Barbara|year=1971|publisher=[[Houghton Mifflin Harcourt|Houghton Mifflin]]|page=159|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/The_War_for_a_Persian_Lady/EeRtAAAAMAAJ|isbn=0395123445|language=en}}</ref> Shortly after the conclusion of the conflict, Estridge returned to England where he purchased a commission with the rank of [[Ensign_(rank)#United_Kingdom|ensign]] in the [[46th (South Devonshire) Regiment of Foot|46th Regiment of Foot]] in September 1859.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22311|date=30 September 1859|page=3574}}</ref> He later purchased the rank of [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in June 1862,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22633|date=10 June 1862|page=2992}}</ref> prior to retiring from military service in September 1865.<ref>{{London Gazette|city=Edinburgh|issue=7577|date=3 October 1865|page=1191}}</ref> He played [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Gentlemen of the South]] against the [[Players of the South]] at [[The Oval]] in 1868.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/29/29293/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by Henry Estridge|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-06-04|url-access=subscription}}</ref> Estridge batted twice during the match, being dismissed for scores of [[duck (cricket)|0]] and 14 by [[Edgar Willsher]] and [[James Southerton]] respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1/1555.html|title=Gentlemen of the South v Players of the South, 1868|publisher=CricketArchive|access-date=2021-06-04|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Estridge then proceeded to join the [[Colonial Service]]. He resided in the [[History_of_Seychelles#British_rule|Seychelles]] from 1876 to 1885, where he was collector of customs at [[Mahé, Seychelles|Mahé]]. While stationed at the Seychelles, he became interested in the flora and fauna of the islands, writing the book ''Six Years in the Seychelles''. From the Seychelles he returned to England in 1885, where he presented a copy of his book to [[Queen Victoria]]. He returned to his duties with the Colonial Service in 1886, becoming the receiver and accountant-general for [[British Bechuanaland]] from 1886 to 1888.<ref>{{cite book|title=Guide to the South African Manuscript Collections in the South African Library, Cape Town|year=1995|publisher=State Archives Service|page=57|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Guide_to_the_South_African_Manuscript_Co/GgUWAQAAIAAJ|isbn=0797032177|language=en}}</ref> Estridge was a non-resident fellow at the [[Royal Commonwealth Society|Royal Colonial Institute]].<ref>{{cite book|title=Proceedings of the Royal Colonial Institute|year=1886|publisher=[[Sampson Low|Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington]]|page=252|url=https://www.google.co.uk/books/edition/Proceedings_of_the_Royal_Colonial_Instit/Kv_hAAAAMAAJ|isbn=0797032177|language=en}}</ref> Estridge died at [[Witney]] in January 1902 and was survived by his wife, Selina Eliza Pye Estridge.<ref>Deaths. ''Witney Gazette and West Oxfordshire Advertiser''. 18 January 1902. p. 1</ref> His brother, [[George Estridge|George]], was also a first-class cricketer.

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=12681}}

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[[Category:British colonial governors and administrators in Africa]]
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