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{{Infobox cricketer<br />
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| country = Ireland<br />
| full_name = George Richard Frederick Tottenham<br />
| birth_date = 18 November 1890<br />
| birth_place = [[Inagh]], [[United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland|Ireland]]<br />
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1977|1|11|1890|11|18}}<br />
| death_place = [[Totland]], [[Isle of Wight]], England<br />
| nickname = <br />
| family = [[Godfrey Papillon]] (cousin)<br>[[Thomas Garnier (cricketer)|Thomas Garnier]] (uncle)<br>[[Edward Garnier (cricketer)|Edward Garnier]] (uncle)<br />
| batting = Unknown<br />
| bowling = Unknown<br />
| role = <br />
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]<br />
| year1 = 1915/16<br />
| columns = 1<br />
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]<br />
| matches1 = 1<br />
| runs1 = 21<br />
| bat avg1 = 21.00<br />
| 100s/50s1 = –/–<br />
| top score1 = 21<br />
| deliveries1 = 126<br />
| wickets1 = 3<br />
| bowl avg1 = 20.00<br />
| fivefor1 = –<br />
| tenfor1 = –<br />
| best bowling1 = 2/42<br />
| catches/stumpings1 = 1/–<br />
| date = 29 November<br />
| year = 2018<br />
| source = http://www.espncricinfo.com/ireland/content/player/35379.html Cricinfo<br />
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'''Sir George Richard Frederick Tottenham''' {{postnominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KCIE|CSI}} (18 November 1890 &ndash; 11 January 1977) was an [[Irish people|Irish]]-born civil servant in India and a first-class [[cricket]]er.<br />
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The son of Frederick St. Leger Tottenham (who was the [[High Sheriff of Clare]] in 1899) and his wife Mabel Caroline Garnier, Tottenham was born at [[Mount Callan]] near [[Inagh]], [[County Clare]] in November 1890.<ref name="PEER">{{cite web|url=http://www.thepeerage.com/p8372.htm#i83712 |title=Sir George Richard Frederick Tottenham |publisher=www.thepeerage.com |accessdate=2018-11-29}}</ref> He was educated in England at [[Harrow School]], before going up to [[New College, Oxford]].<ref name="FAM">{{cite web |url=http://www.tottenham.name/Tree/SectionC3.pdf |title=Sir George Richard Frederick Tottenham |publisher=www.tottenham.name |accessdate=2018-11-29 |archive-date=8 June 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130608185247/http://www.tottenham.name/Tree/SectionC3.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> After graduating from New College, Tottenham began working for the [[Indian Civil Service (British India)|Indian Civil Service]] in [[British India]], taking up a post there in 1914.<ref>{{Edinburgh Gazette |issue=12736 |date=6 November 1914 |page=1308}}</ref> The following year, he made an appearance in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]] against the [[Indians cricket team|Indians]] at [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium|Madras]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/14/14732/First-Class_Matches.html |title=First-Class Matches played by George Tottenham |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-11-29}}</ref> Batting once in the match, he scored 21 runs in the Europeans first-innings, before being dismissed by [[T. Vasu]]. With the ball, he took one wicket in the Indians first-innings and two in their second-innings.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/9/9487.html |title=Europeans v Indians, 1915/16 |publisher=CricketArchive |accessdate=2018-11-29}}</ref> He married Hazel Joyce Gwynne in 1917.<ref name="PEER"/><br />
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Tottenham continued to serve in the British civil service in India following Irish independence, and was awarded a [[Commander (order)#United Kingdom|Knighthood]] by [[George V]] in May 1930.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=33611 |date=30 May 1930 |page=3478 |supplement=y }}</ref> He was made a companion to the [[Order of the Indian Empire]] in the [[1936 New Year Honours]],<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34238 |date=31 December 1935 |page=5 |supplement=y }}</ref> and was made a [[Knight Bachelor]] in May 1937.<ref>{{London Gazette |issue=34396 |date=11 May 1937 |page=3077 |supplement=y }}</ref> He continued to serve in the Indian Civil Service on special duty following [[Indian Independence Act 1947|Indian Independence]] in 1947.<ref name="FAM"/><ref>{{London Gazette |issue=37598 |date=4 June 1946 |page=2762 |supplement=y }}</ref> He spent his final years living in [[Totland]] on the [[Isle of Wight]], where he died in January 1977.<ref name="PEER"/><ref name="FAM"/><br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
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