Christopher Newton Thompson
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| Full name | Christopher Lawton Newton Thompson | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 14 February 1919 Kensington, London, England | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 29 January 2002 (aged 82) Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa | ||||||||||||||
| Batting | Right-handed | ||||||||||||||
| Role | Wicket-keeper | ||||||||||||||
| Relations | Ossie Newton-Thompson (brother) | ||||||||||||||
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| Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
| 1939 | Cambridge University | ||||||||||||||
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Source: CricketArchive, 7 July 2019 | |||||||||||||||
Christopher Lawton Newton Thompson MC (14 February 1919 – 29 January 2002) was an English-born South African soldier, sportsman, educationalist and anti-apartheid politician.
Newton Thompson started Waterford Kamhlaba, a multi-racial, multi-faith school in the former Swaziland, with Michael Stern as its first headmaster.[1] For 40 years, he funded and raised funds for the school.[1]
He was the brother of Ossie Newton-Thompson.
References
- ^ a b "Obituary of Christopher Newton Thompson Sportsman who fought apartheid". The Daily Telegraph. 25 March 2002. ProQuest 317587551. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
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