Reynold Clement

Major Reynold Alleyne Clement (3 March 1834 – 2 October 1905) was an English first-class cricketer[2] who was a member of Queen Victoria's bodyguard, and was Clerk of the Course of Ascot Racecourse from 1884 until his death in 1905.

[3] Reynold Alleyne Clement was born at Cabbage Tree Hall (which was later renamed Alleynedale Hall) at Saint Peter, Barbados, on 3 March 1834,[1] to Hampden Clement (14 April 1807 – 4 February 1880), who was an English landowner who was educated at Rugby School[4] and Exeter College, Oxford, and Philippa Cobham Alleyne.

[1] His paternal grandfather was the landowner and Napoleonic Wars veteran[4] Richard Clement (1753 - 1829), whose English residence was 13 Bolton Street, Mayfair,[5] and his maternal grandfather was Sir Reynold Abel Alleyne, 2nd Baronet (1789 – 1870).

[8] After Cambridge, Clement joined the 68th (Durham) Regiment of Foot (Light Infantry) and served during the 1860s in the New Zealand Wars, in which he attained the rank of Major.

[6] He was appointed secretary to the Board of Trustees of Ascot Racecourse in 1881, and Clerk of the Course at the same in 1885,[1][3] as which he made 'vast improvements' to the course and to the stands.