Born at Hinton, Hampshire, on 25 May 1802, Kingscote was educated at Harrow and devoted much of his early life to cricket and hunting.
[2] After a narrow escape from drowning, he turned his attention to religion and good works; becoming a friend of bishop Charles Blomfield, he helped found the Church of England Scripture Readers' Association and the Metropolitan Visiting and Relief Association.
He was one of the founders of the British and Colonial Emigration Society and the National Orphan Asylum at Ham Common.
He first played at Lord's on 21 May 1823, and in 1827 he was elected president of the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).
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