Henry Palairet

Henry Hamilton Palairet JP (8 January 1845 – 20 March 1923) was an English first-class cricketer and archer.

The son of Septimus Henry Palairet, he was born at Bradford-on-Avon in January 1845.

[4] He played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club in 1868 and 1869, playing two matches against Lancashire and Hampshire,[5] scoring 28 runs with a highest score of 14 not out.

[4] Palairet excelled as an archer, winning the English Archery Championships five times in 1876, 1878 and three years running from 1880 to 1882.

[4] He settled at Cattistock in Dorset in 1873 and was a member of the local Conservative Party, in addition to being a judge in the Court of Assizes at Bath, Somerset.