John Beevor

John Grosvenor Beevor (1 January 1845 – 5 May 1903) was an English first-class cricketer active 1868–1871 who played for Nottinghamshire. He was born and died in Barnby Moor.^[1]

The son of Henry Beevor of Retford, he was educated at Uppingham School from 1857 to 1862. He then had a career as a solicitor.^[2]

Family

Beevor was the father of Henry Beevor, a solicitor; who was father of John Grosvenor Beevor (1905–1987), known as an SOE agent of World War II.^[3][4] The younger John Grosvenor Beevor was the father of the author Antony Beevor.^[5]