Timothy J McCann
Encyclopedia
Timothy J. McCann (born 4 June 1944) has been an archivist at the West Sussex Record Office in Chichester since 1967. He has written several books about the history of Sussex
including a classic work on cricket: Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century (2004). He previously wrote and edited The Correspondence of the Dukes of Richmond and Newcastle, 1724-1750 (1984), a work about Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond
, and his close friend Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle.
Sussex
Sussex , from the Old English Sūþsēaxe , is an historic county in South East England corresponding roughly in area to the ancient Kingdom of Sussex. It is bounded on the north by Surrey, east by Kent, south by the English Channel, and west by Hampshire, and is divided for local government into West...
including a classic work on cricket: Sussex Cricket in the Eighteenth Century (2004). He previously wrote and edited The Correspondence of the Dukes of Richmond and Newcastle, 1724-1750 (1984), a work about Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond
Charles Lennox, 2nd Duke of Richmond
The 2nd Duke of Richmond has been described as early cricket's greatest patron. Although he had played cricket as a boy, his real involvement began after he succeeded to the dukedom...
, and his close friend Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle.