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{{short description|Scottish cricketer and soldier}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2013}}
{{Infobox cricketer
| name =
| image =
| country = Scotland
| full_name = William Forbes Lumsden
| nickname =
| birth_date = 4 September 1879
| birth_place = [[Peterculter]], [[Aberdeenshire]], Scotland
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1956|10|28|1879|9|4|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya Colony]]
| heightft =
| heightinch =
| batting = Unknown
| bowling = Unknown
| role =
| family = [[Oswald Lumsden]] (brother)
| club1 = [[Europeans cricket team|Europeans]]
| year1 = 1902/03
| columns = 1
| column1 = [[First-class cricket|First-class]]
| matches1 = 2
| runs1 = 18
| bat avg1 = 9.00
| 100s/50s1 = –/–
| top score1 = 10[[not out|*]]
| deliveries1 = 12
| wickets1 = 0
| bowl avg1 = –
| fivefor1 = –
| tenfor1 = –
| best bowling1 = –
| catches/stumpings1 = 2/–
| date = 4 December
| year = 2022
| source = https://www.espncricinfo.com/player/william-lumsden-30792 Cricinfo
}}
'''William Forbes Lumsden''', {{postnominal|DSO|size=100}} (4 September 1879 – 28 October 1956) was a British Army officer and [[Scottish people|Scottish]] first-class [[cricket]]er.

==Biography==
The son of the [[advocate]] James Forbes Lumsden, he was born in September 1879 at [[Peterculter|Peterculter, Aberdeenshire]]. Lumsden was educated firstly at [[Aberdeen Grammar School]], before attending [[Repton School]] in England,<ref name="REP">{{cite book|title=Repton School Register, 1557–1910|year=1910|publisher=A. J. Lawrence|location=Repton|page=368|url=https://archive.org/details/b28994218|language=en}}</ref> from which he matriculated to [[Trinity College, Cambridge]]. While studying at Cambridge, he gained a [[Blue (university sport)#University of Cambridge|blue]] in [[golf]].<ref name="BOOK">{{cite book|last=Venn|first=John|title=Alumni Cantabrigienses|year=1944|volume=4|publisher=[[Cambridge University Press]]|page=235|url=https://archive.org/details/p2alumnicantabri04univuoft|language=en}}</ref>

After graduating from Cambridge, Lumsden was commissioned into the [[Royal Garrison Artillery]] as a [[Second lieutenant#United Kingdom and other Commonwealth countries|second lieutenant]] in March 1900,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=27177|date=27 March 1900|page=2040}}</ref> with promotion to [[Lieutenant (British Army and Royal Marines)|lieutenant]] following in 1901.<ref name="BOOK" /> Serving in [[British Raj|British India]], he made two appearances there in [[first-class cricket]] for the [[Europeans cricket team]] against the [[Parsis cricket team|Parsees]] in the 1902–03 [[Bombay Quadrangular|Bombay Presidency Matches]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13977/First-Class_Matches.html|title=First-Class Matches played by William Lumsden|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=4 December 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref> scoring 18 runs.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Players/13/13977/f_Batting_by_Team.html|title=First-Class Batting and Fielding For Each Team by William Lumsden|publisher=CricketArchive|accessdate=4 December 2022|url-access=subscription}}</ref>

He progressed in the military to become an [[Adjutant#UK and other Commonwealth countries|adjutant]] in the [[Territorial Force]] from September 1908 to October 1909,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28173|date=1 September 1908|page=6374}}</ref><ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28307|date=12 November 1909|page=8352}}</ref> later being promoted to [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] in November 1911.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28575|date=26 January 1912|page=642}}</ref> Lumsden was seconded for service with the [[Colonial Office]] in December 1912,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28672|date=17 December 1912|page=9577}}</ref> where he was tasked with survey duty in Nigeria.<ref name="BOOK" />

At the beginning of the [[First World War]] in the summer of 1914, he was restored to the Royal Garrison Artillery,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28893|date=4 September 1914|page=7084}}</ref> with promotion to [[Major (United Kingdom)|major]] following in December 1915.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=28392|date=3 December 1915|page=12171}}</ref> He was made an acting [[Lieutenant colonel (United Kingdom)|lieutenant colonel]] in June 1916,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29686|date=25 July 1916|page=7460|supp=y}}</ref> reverting to major in October of the same year.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29807|date=27 October 1916|page=10516|supp=y}}</ref> Lumsden was decorated with the [[Distinguished Service Order]] in the [[1917 New Year Honours]] and served in the [[Mesopotamian campaign]] in the latter stages of the war.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=29886|date=29 December 1916|page=24|supp=y}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|title=The Letters of Major General Price Davies VC, CB, CMG, DSO|first=Peter|last=Robinson|year=2013|publisher=[[The History Press|History Press]]|location=Cheltenham|page=112|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lZY7AwAAQBAJ|language=en|isbn=9780752492230}}</ref>

Following the war, he was again made a temporary lieutenant colonel in January 1919,<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31260|date=28 March 1919|page=4166|supp=y}}</ref> before relinquishing the rank a year later.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=31771|date=6 February 1920|page=1646|supp=y}}</ref> He retired from active service in March 1921, at which point he was granted the rank of lieutenant colonel.<ref>{{London Gazette|issue=32272|date=29 March 1921|page=2526|supp=y}}</ref>

Returning to Scotland, Lumsden was the [[Unionist Party (Scotland)|Unionist Party]] candidate for [[Aberdeen North (UK Parliament constituency)|Aberdeen North]] in the [[1923 general election]],<ref>Officer is Unionist candidate for Aberdeen North. ''[[The Courier (Dundee)|Dundee Courier]]''. 23 November 1923. p. 3</ref> but was defeated by [[Labour Party (UK)|Labour's]] [[Frank Rose (politician)|Frank Rose]]. Lumsden later died at [[Nairobi]] in [[Kenya Colony]] in October 1956.<ref>{{cite book|title=East Africa and Rhodesia|year=1956|publisher=Africana|page=325|volume=33|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Oa0qAAAAMAAJ|language=en}}</ref>

His brother, [[Alfred Forbes Lumsden]], was a brigadier-general in the British Army, while his elder brother, [[Oswald Lumsden]], was also a first-class cricketer. His nephew was the actor [[Geoffrey Lumsden]].

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*{{cricinfo|id=30792}}

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