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{{Short description|English cricketer and army officer (1892–1963)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Use British English|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = England
| fullname = John Lillingston Carr
| birth_date = 16 May 1892
| birth_place = [[Palayamkottai|Palamcottah]], [[Madras Presidency]], [[British India]]
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1963|2|3|1892|5|16}}
| death_place = [[Derby]], [[Derbyshire]], England
| nickname =
| family = [[Donald Carr]] (son)<br>[[John Carr (cricketer, born 1963)|John Carr]] (grandson)
| batting = Right-handed
| bowling =
| role =
| club1 = [[Marylebone Cricket Club]]
| year1 = 1913
| club2 = [[Berkshire County Cricket Club|Berkshire]]
| year2 = 1926–1936
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 4
| runs1 = 114
| bat avg1 = 16.28
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 46
| hidedeliveries = true
| catches/stumpings1 = 3/–
| date = 14 February
| year = 2019
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/england/content/player/10672.html Cricinfo
}}

'''John Lillingston Carr''' (16 May 1892 – 3 February 1963) was an [[English people|English]] first-class cricketer and [[British Army]] officer. Born in [[British India]], Carr served during the [[First World War]] with the [[Royal Berkshire Regiment]]. He continued to serve with the regiment after the war, until his retirement in 1936. He also played [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] and the [[British Army cricket team]]. He was the father of the [[Test cricket|Test]] cricketer [[Donald Carr]].

==Early life and WWI==
The son of the Reverend Edmund Carr and his wife, Edith Louisa Margaret Lillingston,<ref>{{cite book |title=Alumni Cantabrigienses, Biographical List of Students and Graduates of Cambridge University |publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]] |volume=2nd volume |year=2011 |first1=Venn |last1=John |page=520 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MWSiYp0-AGEC |isbn=978-1108036160 |language=en}}</ref> Carr was born at [[Palayamkottai|Palamcottah]] in [[British India]].<ref name="PRO">{{cite web|url=http://www.saxonlodge.net/getperson.php?personID=I4306&tree=Tatham |title=John Lillingston Carr |publisher=www.saxonlodge.net |accessdate=2019-02-14}}</ref> Carr came to England by 1901, where he was educated at [[St. Lawrence College, Ramsgate]].<ref name="PRO"/> From St. Lawrence he went up to [[Magdalen College, Oxford]] in 1904, where among his contemporaries was [[Edward VIII|Edward, Prince of Wales]].<ref name="MAG">{{cite web|url=http://www.magd.ox.ac.uk/libraries-and-archives/archives/online-catalogues/brodie-warren-papers/edward-viii/ |title=MC:P414/C64 Edward VIII Letters |publisher=Magdalen College, Oxford |accessdate=2019-02-23}}</ref> He played [[association football|football]] for [[Oxford University A.F.C.]]<ref name="CARR">{{cite web |title=Cricketer of the Year 1960: Donald Carr |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154579.html |website=Cricinfo |publisher=Wisden |accessdate=17 February 2019}}</ref> He debuted in [[first-class cricket]] in 1913 for the [[Marylebone Cricket Club]] against [[Oxford University Cricket Club|Oxford University]] at [[University Parks#Cricket ground|Oxford]],<ref name="FCM">{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28434/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by John Carr |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-02-14 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> making scores of 7 and 10, with Carr being dismissed in the match by [[Philip Davies (cricketer)|Philip Davies]] and [[Basil Melle]] respectively.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/8/8983.html |title=Oxford University v Marylebone Cricket Club, 1913 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-02-23 |url-access=subscription}}</ref>

Carr served in the [[British Army]] during [[World War I]], enlisting as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom & other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] with the [[Royal Berkshire Regiment]] in November 1914.<ref name="ReferenceA">{{London Gazette |issue=28991|date=27 November 1914|startpage=10149|supp=y}}</ref> In December 1914, he was promoted to the rank of [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] in December 1914.<ref name="ReferenceA"/> He was mentioned in a letter written by the Prince of Wales in April 1915, following an encounter with Carr at the front.<ref name="MAG"/> Ill health during saw Carr placed on the half-pay list in July 1915,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29230|date=13 July 1915|startpage=6925|supp=y}}</ref> with Carr returning to duty in July 1916, with fellow cricketer [[Guy Gregson-Ellis]] acting as his deputy.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=29674|date=20 July 1916|startpage=7200|supp=y}}</ref> Having been promoted to the rank of [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] by 1917, Carr gained the rank of temporary [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] in June 1918.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=30760|date=21 June 1918|startpage=7383|supp=y}}</ref>

==Post-WWI and later life==
Following the war, Carr served in Germany as part of the [[British Army of the Rhine]].<ref name="CARR"/> He relinquished the temporary rank of major in March 1920, reverting to the rank of captain when he left his service battalion, which had presumably been disbanded.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=31844|date=30 March 1920|startpage=4007}}</ref> In July 1922, he was promoted to the temporary rank of brigade major,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32743|date=1 September 1922|startpage=6376}}</ref> a post he relinquished in December of the same year.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=32788|date=19 January 1923|startpage=452}}</ref> In September 1923, he was seconded to the [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] as an adjutant.<ref name="ReferenceB">{{London Gazette |issue=32871|date=16 October 1923|startpage=6969}}</ref>

Thirteen years after his initial first-class appearance, Carr played three first-class matches for the [[British Army cricket team]] in 1926.<ref name="FCM"/> He scored 97 runs across these three matches at an [[batting average (cricket)|average]] of 19.40, with a high score of 46.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28434/f_Batting_by_Team.html |title=First-class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by John Carr |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-02-14 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> He made his debut in [[Minor Counties of English and Welsh cricket|minor counties cricket]] in that same year for [[Berkshire County Cricket Club|Berkshire]] in the [[Minor Counties Championship]].<ref name="MCM">{{cite web|url=http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/28/28434/Minor_Counties_Championship_Matches.html |title=Minor Counties Championship Matches played by John Carr |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2019-02-14 |url-access=subscription}}</ref> After a gap of four years, he played frequently for Berkshire in 1930 and 1931, before making a final lone appearance in 1936.<ref name="MCM"/>

Carr returned to the Royal Berkshire Regiment from his secondment in April 1927,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33265|date=12 April 1927|startpage=2408}}</ref> where he served in [[British India]] until at least 1931.<ref name="CARR"/> He was promoted to the rank of major on a permanent basis in November 1929.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33551|date=12 November 1929|startpage=7306}}</ref> He retired from active service in April 1936,<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34278|date=28 April 1936|startpage=2698}}</ref> with seniority antedated to September 1927.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34278|date=28 April 1936|startpage=2699}}</ref> Carr exceeded the age limit for recall in June 1948, at which point he was removed from the reserve officers list and was granted the honorary rank of [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=38333|date=22 June 1948|startpage=3701}}</ref>

After retiring from the army, Carr took up a position as the [[bursar]] of [[Repton School]] in [[Derbyshire]], with Carr moving with his family from the [[New Forest]] in [[Hampshire]].<ref name="CARR"/> He later died at the [[Derbyshire Royal Infirmary]] in [[Derby]] in February 1963, following a short illness.<ref name="PRO"/>

==Personal life==
He married Constance Ruth Smith in 1919, with the couple having three sons.<ref name="CARR"/> His youngest son, [[Donald Carr|Donald]], played [[Test cricket]] for [[England cricket team|England]], while his grandson, [[John Carr (cricketer, born 1963)|John]], was also a first-class cricketer.<ref name="CARR"/>

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* {{ESPNcricinfo|id=11025}}

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[[Category:1892 births]]
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[[Category:People from Tirunelveli]]
[[Category:People educated at St Lawrence College, Ramsgate]]
[[Category:Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford]]
[[Category:Oxford University A.F.C. players]]
[[Category:English cricketers]]
[[Category:Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers]]
[[Category:British Army personnel of World War I]]
[[Category:Royal Berkshire Regiment officers]]
[[Category:Berkshire cricketers]]
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[[Category:Association footballers not categorized by position]]
[[Category:English footballers]]
[[Category:Military personnel of British India]]

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