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David English Wife: Was David English married?

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David Stuart English, CBE (1946 – 12 November 2022) was a British charity fundraiser, cricketer, actor, writer, and former president of RSO Records. He was appointed MBE in the 2003 Birthday Honours, and CBE in the 2010 Birthday Honours for services to cricket and charity.

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Was David English married?

There is no information about him having a wife or getting married. It could be that he was married but decided to keep it away from the public.

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Having established himself then as a writer, English went on the found the Bunbury Cricket Club, through which he raised 14 million pounds for charity.

English’s greatest contribution to cricket was perhaps the founding of the Bunbury Festival, a national-level under-15s cricket tournament. The year was 1957 and English cricket wanted David English to fund the English Cricket Board’s school cricket competition. In return, the tournament was renamed Bunbury Festival, after his collection of children’s books.

The 2019 English cricket team that won the World Cup had 10 players who had attended the Bunbury Festival as young cricketers.

 


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