Thomas Provis Wickham (born 1810 in Weymouth, Dorset; died on 1 March 1890 in Machynlleth), probably best known as an English cricketer.
Overview
Thomas Provis Wickham (born 1810 in Weymouth, Dorset; died on 1 March 1890 in Machynlleth), probably best known as an English cricketer.
Personal life
Wickham was the son of the reverend William Wickham and Margaret Provis, and brother of the reverend William Provis Trelawney Wickham (Rector of Shepton Mallet, the building of the Wickham Almshouses by his widow, was made possible by a bequest from his will). He had two sisters, Annabella (who married James Bennett, Sheriff of Somerset) and Caroline.
According to Bernard Burke the Wickhams (of Horsington) were an ancient Somerset family, belonging to the landed gentry.
In 1835 he married Sarah Hussey.
