John Floyer (Dorset MP)

John Floyer (26 April 1811 – 4 July 1887) was an English cricketer with amateur status who was active from 1832 to 1833.

He was later a Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons in two periods between 1846 and 1885.

He was a member of the old Floyer family of Floyer Hayes in Devon[1] descended from Floherus (Flohère), the Exon Domesday Book tenant of that estate, a French knight who in 1086 held two estates in Devon.

He appeared in two matches as an unknown handedness batsman whose bowling style is unknown, playing for Oxford University and for an A to K team organised by Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC).

[6] In 1846 Floyer was elected Member of Parliament for Dorset and held the seat until 1857.

Arms of Floyer of Floyer Hayes in Devon: Sable, a chevron between three arrows points downward argent ; crest: A stag's head erased or holding in the mouth an arrow argent . Motto: Floret Virtus Vulnerata ("Virtue flourishes wounded")