Thomas Lennard, 1st Earl of Sussex
- Thomas Lennard, 1st Earl of Sussex
Thomas Lennard, 1st Earl of Sussex, 15th Baron Dacre (born 13 May 1654; died 30 October 1715) was a British peer. He became Earl of Sussex in 1674 when he married Lady Anne Palmer. The Baron Dacre title became abeyant in 1715 following his death [ [http://www.thepeerage.com/p433.htm thepeerage.com] ] .
Cricket
Lennard was a supporter of cricket which developed into a major sport during his lifetime. His 1677 accounts include an item which refers to £3 being paid to him when he went to a cricket match being played at "ye Dicker", which was a common near Herstmonceux in East Sussex [Timothy J McCann, "Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century", Sussex Record Society, 2004] .]References
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