The Iddison Genealogy - pre 1900
A Family History

The work proceeds and I will continue to publish the histories on this site over the coming months.

There are already some references to famous Iddisons on the web, and I have provided some of these links below alongside their life histories.

Roger Iddison - Cricket Career Stats

Born in Bedale, Yorkshire to Roger & Jane Iddison. His father was a Guano Merchant with a shop in Market Place, Bedale. Roger had a younger brother, William Holdsworth Iddison. Roger was first a butcher by trade, then kept a shop for cricket articles at Manchester (1864). One of the first team of English cricketers who played 15 matches in Australia between 1^st January and 22^nd March 1862. He played his first match at Lords between 9^th and 11^th June 1862. In total, Roger played in 27 first class matches and made 1059 runs in 1869. Together with George Freeman he founded the United North of England Eleven in 1869. He was the professional at Harrow School from 1871-2; joint secretary with C.D. Barstow of Yorkshire United Eleven in 1874. A first rate batsman, a good fielder at point and a good lob-bowler. He was a commission agent at York from 1870 to his death on 19^th March 1890.

The earliest written records are of Richard Ideson and Thomas Idonson contained in the Yorkshire Poll Tax returns of 1379.

^{ŧ A Dictionary of English Surnames, Reaney & Wilson, Oxford University Press, 1997. ISBN 0-19-860092-5.}

Of course there are other notable Iddisons, including:

William Holdsworth Iddison - Cricket Career Stats

Born in Bedale, Yorkshire to Roger & Jane Iddison. His father was a Guano Merchant with a shop in Market Place, Bedale. William was a younger brother of Roger Iddison, also a cricketer. Unlike his brother Roger (who played for Yorkshire and England), William played for the Red Rose county of Lancashire.  He settled eventually in Chorlton, Manchester, married Sarah Ann Thom, a widow (nee Webster), and had many children.  He died in the Workhouse in Withington - what is today Withington Hospital.

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