Walrond was also an active cricketer. He was in the Eton first XI in 1866 and 1867 and played for numerous amateur teams for many years subsequently including Quidnuncs, I Zingari, Gentlemen of Devon and Marylebone Cricket Club. He played one game for MCC in 1868 which was classified as first-class.[5]
In 1889 he succeeded his father in the baronetcy[2] and in 1905 he was raised to the peerage as Baron Waleran, of Uffculme in the County of Devon.[10]
Family
Walrond's sister, Mary Caroline Walrond, married firstly Lt.-Col. Sir George Clay, 3rd Bt., and secondly Lt.-Col. Walter Henry Holbech. Her son from her second marriage was William Holbech, who, like his uncle, played first-class cricket.[11]
Walrond married twice, first in 1871 Elizabeth Katharine Pitman; after her death in October 1911 he married secondly in 1913 Helene Margaret Morrison, daughter of F. Morrison. There were children by the first marriage:
Hon. Evelyn Maud Walrond, OBE (1872–1944); married at Bradfield, Collumpton, Devon on 27 August 1901 George Russell Northcote, a descendant of the Earls of Iddesleigh.
John Neville Hood Walrond (26 Nov 1874 – 30 Dec 1902), who did unmarried at Sanremo 28 years old in 1902.[12]
Hon. William Lionel Charles Walrond (1876–1915), succeeded his father as Member of Parliament for Tiverton but was killed in action in the First World War. His son succeeded to the title.