LILLIE, Sir John Scott (eld. son of Philip Lillie of Drimdoe castle, Roscommon). b. Drimdoe castle 1790; ensign 6 foot 3 March 1807; captain 60 foot 1813, placed on h.p. 25 Dec. 1818; entered Portuguese army; commanded 7th Cacadores at battles of the Pyrenees, Nivelle, Orthes and Toulouse; organised and commanded an expedition to Portugal to support claims of Queen Donna Maria 1831; captain 46 foot 6 Dec. 1827, placed on h.p. 27 March 1828; knighted 6 March 1816; C.B. 26 Sep. 1831; lieut.-col. in the army 10 Jany. 1837, retired from the army 1855; author of An historical sketch of the origin and progress of parliamentary corruption 1832; Observations on parliamentary corruption and on the consequences of parliamentary reform 1832. d. 1 Norfolk terrace, Bayswater, London 29 June 1868. I.L.N. liii 47 (1868).
Note.—He was severely wounded at the battle of Toulouse 10 April 1814 and left for 48 hours on the field of battle supposed to have been killed.
LILLY, Joseph. b. Birmingham 1804; employed by Lackington and Co. of Finsbury circus, London, booksellers 1820; bookseller at 3 Museum st. Bloomsbury 1831–5, at 19 King st. Bedford st. 1835–50 and 1851–7, at 7 Pall Mall 1850–3, at 15 Bedford st. 1857–63, and at 17 New st. Covent Garden 1863 to death; bought and sold more copies of the first folio edition of Shakespeare’s works than any other bookseller on record; largely concerned in formation of Henry Huth’s library; the first portion of his stock was sold at Sotheby’s 15 March 1871 and 9 following days; published A collection of ballads and broadsides printed between 1559 and 1597, with a preface 1867. d. 31 Mornington crescent, London 29 Oct. 1870. Bookseller 1 Dec. 1870 p. 1071.
LILLY, Mrs. b. 1790; attended Queen Victoria as monthly nurse at the births of her 9 children 1840–57. d. Camberwell 26 April 1882. bur. Highgate cemetery 1 May.
LILLYWHITE, Frederick (son of the succeeding). b. Hove, Sussex 23 July 1829; first played at Lord’s in Sussex v. Marylebone 26 June 1848; reporter for Bell’s Life in London; a printer of scores on cricket grounds; partner with John Wisden at 2 New Coventry st. Leicester sq. London as a dealer in articles for cricket to 1858; resided at 15 Kennington Oval from 1858, where he published F. Lillywhite’s Cricket scores and biographies of cricketers 3 vols. 1862–3; edited The guide to cricketers 1849, 23 ed. 1866; The public school matches; English cricketers’ trip to Canada 1860, 2 ed. 1861. d. Brighton 15 Sep. 1866. Lillywhite’s Cricket Scores, iii 605 (1863); Illust. sporting news, i 33 (1866), portrait, v 424 (1866), portrait.
LILLYWHITE, Frederick William (son of the manager of the duke of Richmond’s brick fields). b. West Hampnett near Goodwood 13 June 1792; a bricklayer, removed to Brighton 12 Dec. 1822; manager over bricklayers at Hove; played for Sussex against England in his first cricket match at Lord’s 18–19 June 1827; the first great round-arm bowler, known as the ‘Nonpareil Bowler,’ his average was 7 runs per wicket; went in first and came out last in two matches 1839 and 1845; kept the Royal Sovereign inn, Preston st. Brighton with cricket ground attached 1837–44; bowler to Marylebone cricket club 1844 to death, had a benefit in 1853; professional at Winchester school 1851–3; generally called William Lillywhite; author of Illustrated handbook of cricket 1844, 3 ed. 184-; kept a cricket shop at 10 Prince’s terrace, Caledonian road, Islington, London, where he d. of cholera 21 Aug. 1854. bur. Highgate cemet. where is monument. Denison’s Cricket (1846) 34–53; F. Lillywhite’s Cricket Scores, ii 9–12(1862); I.L.N. 22 July 1843 p. 59, portrait; Illust. news of the world 22 May 1858 pp. 252, 254, view of monument.
LILLYWHITE, Henry. b. Hawkley, Hampshire 1789; believed to be a relative of William Lillywhite the Sussex bowler; a player in Hampshire; played at Lord’s in Marylebone v. Hampshire 16 July 1821. d. Ropley, Hants. Jany. or Feb. 1858. F. Lillywhite’s Cricket Scores, i 444 (1862).
LILLYWHITE, James (son of the preceding). b. Hove, Brighton 29 Oct. 1825; bowled at Cambridge 1845–51, at Westminster sch. 1849–51, permanently engaged by Cheltenham sch. 1855 to 1880; first played at Lords in Marylebone v. Middlesex 26 May 1851; a good twisting round-arm bowler of middle speed and an average batsman. d. 3 Queen’s circus, Cheltenham 24 Nov. 1882. Lillywhite’s Cricket Scores, iv 230 (1863).
LILLYWHITE, John (brother of the preceding). b. Hove, Brighton 10 Nov. 1826; bowled at Lord’s 1844; coach to Rugby school 1850–5; partner with his father and brothers James and Frederick as manufacturers of cricketing articles at 10 Princes ter. Caledonia road, Islington 1850–6, in business alone at 5 Seymour st. Euston sq. 1856 to death; engaged at Harrow school from 1861; a fine and powerful hitter, a good field, generally at cover point, a round-arm bowler delivering slow twisters; published vol. iv. of Lillywhite’s Cricket scores at 5 Seymour st. Euston sq. 1863. d. Euston sq. London 27 Oct. 1874. Illust. Sporting News, i 244 (1862), 4 portraits; Lillywhite’s Cricket Scores, iv 149 (1862); Illust. sporting and dramatic news, ii 107 (1874), portrait.
Note.—In the Illustrated Sporting News 25 Oct. 1862 p. 276 and 18 April 1866 pp. 501, 504, are portraits of the late John Lillywhite described as the leviathan of cricket and a player at Lord’s Cricket ground.