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{{short description|English cricketer and British Army officer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2019}}
{{Infobox cricketer
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| country = England
| full_name = James William Dewar
| birth_date = 9 September 1827
| birth_place = [[Bombay]], [[Bombay Presidency]],<br>[[Company rule in India|British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1861|7|19|1827|9|9}}
| death_place = [[Middleton Stoney]], [[Oxfordshire]],<br>England
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| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
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| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 1
| runs1 = 0
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| deliveries1 = 92
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| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–
| date = 8 August
| year = 2019
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/12389.html ESPNcricinfo
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'''James William Dewar''' (9 September 1827 – 19 July 1861) was an English first-class [[cricket]]er and [[British Army]] officer.

The son of [[James Dewar (judge)|Sir James Dewar]] and his wife, Clementine Wemyss, he was born in [[Company rule in India|British India]] at [[Mumbai|Bombay]] in September 1827. He was educated in England at [[Winchester College]].<ref name="PEER">{{cite web|url=https://www.thepeerage.com/p36977.htm |title=James William Dewar |publisher=www.thepeerage.com |access-date=2019-08-08}}</ref> After leaving Winchester, Dewar purchased a [[Officer (armed forces)#United Kingdom|commission]] as an [[Ensign (rank)#United Kingdom|ensign]] in the [[49th (Princess Charlotte of Wales's) (Hertfordshire) Regiment of Foot|49th Regiment of Foot]] in 1846.<ref name="PEER"/> He purchased the rank of [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in April 1850,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=21085|date=12 April 1850|page=1051}}</ref> with Dewar marrying Kate Jane Dayrell in November of the same year.<ref name="PEER"/> He served in the British Army in the [[Crimean War]], during which he was present for the [[Battle of the Alma]], the [[Battle of Inkerman]] and the [[Siege of Sevastopol (1854–1855)|Siege of Sevastopol]].<ref name="PEER"/> In the second year of the war, he was promoted to the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]].<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=21635|date=1 December 1854|page=3911}}</ref> Following the end of his first marriage, he married Benares Anna de Stieger in November 1855.<ref name="PEER"/> Dewar made a single appearance in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Gentlemen of England]] against the [[Gentlemen of Surrey and Sussex]] at [[Lord's]] in July 1856.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/36/36690/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by James Dewar |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2019-08-08 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> Batting once in the match, Dewar was dismissed [[duck (cricket)|without scoring]] in the Gentlemen of England first-innings by [[Frederick Oliver]], while with the ball he bowled 23 wicketless [[over (cricket)|overs]], conceding 44 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/1/1062.html |title=Gentlemen of England v Gentlemen of Surrey and Sussex, 1856 |publisher=CricketArchive |access-date=2019-08-09 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He was decorated by the [[Ottoman Empire]] with the [[Order of the Medjidie|Order of the Medjidie, 5th Class]] in August 1856,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=21909|date=4 August 1856|page=2704}}</ref> while the following year he was decorated by France with the [[Legion of Honour]].<ref name="PEER"/> He was promoted to the rank of [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] from [[Brevet (military)|brevet]] major in March 1858.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=22116|date=23 March 1858|page=1534}}</ref> He died in July 1861 at [[Middleton Stoney|Middleton Stoney, Oxfordshire]].

==References==
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==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=12389}}

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[[Category:1827 births]]
[[Category:1861 deaths]]
[[Category:Military personnel from Mumbai]]
[[Category:Cricketers from Mumbai]]
[[Category:People educated at Winchester College]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Gentlemen of England cricketers]]
[[Category:49th Regiment of Foot officers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of the Crimean War]]
[[Category:Recipients of the Order of the Medjidie, 5th class]]
[[Category:Knights of the Legion of Honour]]

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