Arthur Irvin

Arthur John Edward Irvin (10 March 1848 – 22 July 1945) was an English first-class cricketer and clergyman.

The son of The Reverend Joseph Irvin, he was born in March 1848 at Hackness, Yorkshire.

He was educated at Rossall School,[1] matriculating at Pembroke College, Oxford in 1867, and graduating B.A.

His first ecclesiastical post was as curate of Rothwell, which he held until 1877, before becoming the vicar of Woodlesford in 1877.

[4][1] He served on the Hunslet Rural District council in 1895, in addition to being closely associated with the establishment of a new workhouse at Woodlesford, which would later become St. George's Hospital.