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	Learie Constantine - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Learie Nicholas Constantine, Baron Constantine, MBE (21 September 1901 –1 July 1971) was a cricketer, broadcast journalist, administrator, lawyer, and politician.
		A dashing all rounder, Constantine at his peak was a mercurial bowler of genuine pace, an athletic fielder in an era where such men were the exception rather than the rule, and a flashing stroke player capable of tearing any attack to shreds on his day.
		In 1969 Constantine became the first person of African descent to be given a life peerage, being created Baron Constantine, of Maraval in Trinidad and Tobago and of Nelson in the County Palatine of Lancaster.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Learie_Constantine (454 words)

	Learie Constantine info here at en.94of100b.info (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Learie Nicholas Constantine, Baron Constantine, MBE (21 September 1901 â“1 July 1971) was a cricketer, telecast journalist, administrator, lawyer, und politician.
		A dashing all rounder, Constantine at their vertex was a mercurial bowler of tested pace, an athletic fielder in an era where such men were the other than pretty than the rule, und a flashing stroke rookie talented of tearing part of onset to shreds on their day.
		In 1969 Constantine became the crackerjack fallible of African descent to be disposed a life peerage, vitality effected Baron Constantine, of Maraval in Trinidad und Tobago und of Nelson in the County Palatine of Lancaster.
	en.94of100b.info /Learie_Constantine (533 words)

	people/trinidad/various.htm
		Learie Nicholas Constantine was born in Diego Martin in Trinidad on September 21
		Constantine went to the wicket when the score was 79 for 5.
		In 1969, he was made Lord Constantine, Baron of Maraval and Nelson and was introduced by the Duke of Norfolk as the newest member to the House of Lords in London.
	www.silvertorch.com /people/trinidad/various.htm (672 words)

	Learie Constantine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The distant drums of achievement and acclaim must have sounded in the heart of Learie Constantine on that day in 1969 when the Duke of Norfolk, introduced the great West Indian as the newest member to the House of Lords in London.
		Learie, a boy of wide-eyed curiosity and amazing dexterity, grew up outdoors and became a cricketer who astonished a family of cricketers.
		Constantine didn't have a successful tour by his standards but there were times he showed his raw talent to the fullest and left a great impression on English cricket fans.
	www.nalis.gov.tt /Biography/bio_LearieConstantine.html (1394 words)

	Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Learie Constantine
		Later Baron Constantine, of Maraval in Trinidad and Tobago, and of Nelson, in the County Palatine of Lancaster
		Learie - or "Connie" to 40 years of cricketers - came upon his historic cue as a man of his age, reflecting and helping to shape it.
		Learie Constantine was the son of Lebrun Constantine, a plantation foreman who toured England as an allrounder with the West Indian cricketers of 1900 - when he scored the first century for a West Indies team in England - and 1906.
	content-usa.cricinfo.com /westindies/content/player/51483.html (1685 words)

	Cricinfo - Players and Officials - Learie Constantine (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		Constantine drew and delighted crowds - and won matches: Nelson won the Lancashire League eight times in his ten seasons there - an unparalleled sequence - and broke the ground attendance record at every ground in the competition.
		Half Learie Constantine's life was spent in England and, although his doctors had long before advised him that a lung condition endangered his life if he did not return to the warmer climate of the West Indies, he died in London.
		Sir Learie Constantine leads out his team to meet the West Indian Tourists in their final match at The Oval on Saturday, September 14.
	www.icc-cricket.com /canada/content/player/51483.html (1685 words)

	ONLIPIX - Great names pictures : CON
		CONSTANTINE (son of Constantin and Alexandra of Saxe-Altenburg, grandson of NICHOLAS I of Russia, Grand-Duc)(1858-1915)
		CONSTANTINE VIII (byzantine Emperor from 1025 to 1028)
		CONSTANTINE IX (byzantine Emperor from 1042 to 1055, aka 'Monomachos')
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	Learie Nicholas Constantine
		Learie — or “Connie” to 40 years of cricketers — came upon his historic cue as a man of his age, reflecting and helping to shape it.
		Learie Constantine was the son of Lebrun Constantine, a plantation foreman who toured England as an allrounder with the West Indian cricketers of 1900 — when he scored the first century for a West Indies team in England — and 1906.
		Constantine drew and delighted crowds — and won matches: Nelson won the Lancashire League eight times in his ten seasons there — an unparalleled sequence — and broke the ground attendance record at every ground in the competition.
	www.icc-cricket.com /link_to_database/PLAYERS/WI/C/CONSTANTINE_LN_04000476 (1580 words)

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		Constantine, Learie (Nicholas) Constantine, Baron (1901-71) West Indian cricketer and statesman, born in Trinidad.
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	Constantine, Learie - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		CONSTANTINE, LEARIE [Constantine, Learie], 1902-71, West Indian cricket player and the first fl man to sit in the British House of Lords, b.
		The son of a sugar plantation foreman, he became world famous as a cricket player in the 1920s and 30s.
		He was knighted in 1962 and raised to the peerage in 1969.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-constntl1.html (245 words)

	thePeerage.com - Name Index 355
		Baron, of Stanmore in Greater London (Theodore) d.
		Baron, of Maraval in Trinidad and Tobago and of Nelson in the County Palatine of Lancaster (Learie Nicholas)
		Edward, 1st Viscount Conway of Conway Castle b.
	www.thepeerage.com /i355.htm (120 words)

	Grounds for our watching delight in 2006 : News : The Yorkshire County Cricket Club (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		The visitor can approach the ground uphill from the town past the Catholic Cathedral with its memorial to the Norfolk family martyr, St Philip Howard, and the Anglican Priory church of St Nicholas, through the stable block to the gate at the southern end.
		Or he can come through the woods from the car park at the northern or Park End of this ground, which is situated on the family estate of the Duke of Norfolk, England’s premier baron and hereditary Earl Marshal.
		He always liked to captain his side on the field, and in 1951, Festival of Britain year, he led his XI including Sir Learie (later Lord) Constantine, Colin Cowdrey - who would become his son-in-law - Derek Shackleton and Trevor Howard, the actor.
	www.yorkshireccc.com /news/awaygrounds (2233 words)

	PANLOG: All about all (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
		CONSTANTINE Learie Nicholas Baron Constantine of Maraval and Nelson 1901-1971
		CONWAY of Allington William Martin Conway, Baron 1856-1937
		COURTNEY of Penwith Leonard Henry Courtney, Baron 1832-1918
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