Reynold Alleyne Clement was born at Cabbage Tree Hall (which was later renamed Alleynedale Hall) at Saint Peter, Barbados, on 3 March 1834,[1] to Hampden Clement (14 April 1807 – 4 February 1880), who was an English landowner of Exeter College, Oxford, and Philippa Cobham Alleyne.[1] His paternal grandfather was the landowner Richard Clement (1753 - 1829), whose English residence was 13 Bolton Street, Mayfair,[4] and his maternal grandfather Sir Reynold Abel Alleyne, 2nd Baronet (1789 – 1870). Reynold was the nephew of Martha Clement who was the wife of Colonel Thomas Moody, Kt..[4] Reynold Clement had three siblings: Richard (1832 - 1873), Rosalie Philippa Hampden Clement (1838 - 1912), and Helena Rebecca Clement (1853 - 1935).[1]
He played cricket as a middle-order batsman both for Rugby School and for Cambridge University: in 1854 he was selected for the University Match against Oxford University, although he failed to score in either innings.[6] He played for Cambridge only in the 1854 season. By 1857, he was appearing in a minor match for a United Ireland eleven, and in 1863 his last first-class match was for the Marylebone Cricket Club.[7] Reynold's elder brother Richard played cricket for Oxford University in the 1853 University Match.[7]
He was appointed secretary to the Board of Trustees of Ascot Racecourse in 1881, and Clerk of the Course at the same in 1885,[1][3] as which he made 'vast improvements' to the course and to the stands.[1]
Marriage and family
Reynold was the only child of Hampden to marry and have children. He married Louisa Cecilia Blackwood, who was the daughter of Henry Martin Blackwood and of Harriet Louisa Bulkeley, and the granddaughter of Vice-Admiral Henry Blackwood, on 20 July 1867. They had four children before he died in 1905.[1]
