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Jun 01, 1809 Died on 25 Nov 1896 (aged 87)
English cricketer
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About John Loraine Baldwin
- John Loraine Baldwin (1 June 1809 – 25 November 1896) was a prominent English cricket enthusiast who was a co-founder of the I Zingari nomadic cricket club. He was born near Halifax, Yorkshire, and studied at Oxford University where he developed interests in cricket and dramatics.
- He was a sports and games rules enthusiast, and one of the founders of I Zingari on 4 July 1845.
- He was also the writer of the first standardized rules for badminton in 1868, while on a visit to Badminton House, and editor of "The Laws of Short Whist" of 1864.
- He was Warden of Tintern Abbey in 1873, and died at his home, St Anne's House in Tintern in 1896.
- A 'grand tomb' commemorates Baldwin in the churchyard of St Michaels, Tintern.
