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| name = Sir Kenneth Harper<br />
| image_upright = <br />
| alt = <br />
| caption = <br />
| order = <br />
| office = Member of the [[Council of State (India)|Council of State]]<br />
| term_start = 1928<br />
| term_end = 1932<br />
| monarch = <br />
| birth_date = {{birth date|1891|08|08|df=yes}}<br />
| birth_place = [[South Kensington]], England<br />
| death_date = {{death date and age|1961|01|21|1891|01|21|df=yes}}<br />
| death_place = [[Abinger Hammer]]<br />
| spouse = Kate Donaldson (1929–1961)<ref>{{Cite news |date=28 May 1962 |title=Lady Harper |pages=14 |work=The Times}}</ref><br />
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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
| name = Sir Kenneth Harper<br />
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| caption = <br />
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| batting = Right-handed<br />
| club1 = [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]]<br />
| year1 = {{no wrap|1910}}<br />
| club2 = Bengal Governor's XI<br />
| year2 = {{no wrap|1917}}<br />
| type1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| onetype1 = <br />
| debutdate1 = 4 August<br />
| debutyear1 = 1910<br />
| debutfor1 = Middlesex<br />
| debutagainst1 = Surrey<br />
| lastdate1 = 23 November<br />
| lastyear1 = 1917<br />
| lastfor1 = Bengal Governor's XI<br />
| lastagainst1 = Maharaja of Cooch-Behar's XI<br />
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| hidedeliveries = true<br />
| columns = 1<br />
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| column1 = [[First-class cricket|FC]]<br />
| matches1 = 4<br />
| runs1 = 37<br />
| bat avg1 = 5.28<br />
| 100s/50s1 = 0/0<br />
| top score1 = 28<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/-<br />
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| source = https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13621/13621.html CricketArchive {{subscription required}}<br />
| date = 7 June<br />
| year = 2022<br />
| child = yes<br />
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}}<br />
'''Sir Kenneth Brand Harper''' (8 August 1891 – 21 January 1961) was an English [[first-class cricket]]er and businessman.<br />
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He played for [[Middlesex County Cricket Club|Middlesex]] three times in 1910, before making a single appearance for the Bengal Governor's XI in 1917.<br />
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After service with the [[Royal Marines]] in [[World War I]], Harper moved to [[British India]].<ref name=ESPNcricinfo>{{Cite web |last=Williamson |first=Martin |title=Kenneth Harper |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/kenneth-harper-14363 |access-date=2022-06-07 |work=ESPNcricinfo}}</ref><br />
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Harper was a member of the [[Council of State (India)|Council of State]], the upper house of the [[British India]] legislature, between 1928 and 1932.<ref name=ESPNcricinfo/><ref>{{Cite book |title=The Council of State Debates |publisher=[[Government of India]]|url=https://eparlib.nic.in/bitstream/123456789/764156/1/cosd_03_01_10-02-1931.pdf |year=1931 |volume=1 |location=Calcutta|via=[[Parliament of India]]}}</ref><br />
In 1936, Harper was appointed a director of [[Burmah Oil]], later serving as chairman between 1948 and 1957.<ref>{{Cite news |date=1957-11-01 |title=Burmah Oil Co. |pages=1 |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103305717/burmah-oil-co/ |access-date=2022-06-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1957-11-01 |title=Sir Kenneth steps down at Burmah |pages=2 |work=Evening Standard |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103305860/sir-kenneth-steps-down-at-burmah/ |access-date=2022-06-07}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=1937-06-05 |title=Company meeting - The Burmah Oil Company Limited |pages=4 |work=The Daily Telegraph |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/103307080/company-meeting-the-burmah-oil/ |access-date=2022-06-07}}</ref><br />
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Harper was made a [[knight bachelor]] in the [[1936 New Year Honours#Knight Bachelor|1936 New Year Honours]].<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34238 |date=1 January 1936 |pages=3|supp=1 }}</ref><br />
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He was born in [[South Kensington]]; died in [[Abinger Hammer]].<ref name="CA">{{Cite web |title=Kenneth Harper |url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13621/13621.html |access-date=2022-06-07 |website=CricketArchive|url-access=subscription}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=23 January 1961 |title=Sir Kenneth Harper |pages=21 |work=The Times}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Eadie |first=W. E. |date=8 February 1961 |title=Sir Kenneth Harper |pages=17 |work=The Times}}</ref><br />
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==References==<br />
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[[Category:1891 births]]<br />
[[Category:1961 deaths]]<br />
[[Category:English cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Middlesex cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Bengal Governor's XI cricketers]]<br />
[[Category:Members of the Council of State (India)]]<br />
[[Category:People from South Kensington]]<br />
[[Category:20th-century English sportsmen]]<br />
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