the land for the Regent's Canal, which was cut through the site, thereby necessitating a further move. Lord's third ground Lord then moved his ground to the present site in St John's Wood, literally taking his turf with him. It opened in 1814. Lord was not, however, making enough money and therefore obtained permission to develop part of the ground for housing, a move which would have left only 150 square yards of playing area. To counter his plan, Lord was bought out for £5,000 by prominent MCC member William Ward, a noted batsman who was also a director of the Bank of England. Despite the change of ownership, the ground has continued to bear Lord's name. Retirement Lord remained in St John's Wood till 1830 when he retired to West Meon in Hampshire, where he died in 1832. His son, also Thomas Lord, and born in Marylebone on 27 December 1794, was also a first-class cricketer. Thomas Lord is buried in the churchyard of St John's Church at West Meon. The village has a public house named after him and is just a few miles from Hambledon, home of the famous Hambledon Cricket Club. References External links MCC site Further reading Harry Altham, A History of Cricket, Volume 1 (to 1914), George Allen & Unwin, 1926. Derek Birley, A Social History of English Cricket, Aurum, 1999. Rowland Bowen, Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development, Eyre & Spottiswoode, 1970. Samuel Britcher, A list of all the principal Matches of Cricket that have been played (1790 to 1805). G. B. Buckley, Fresh Light on 18th Century Cricket, Cotterell, 1935. H. T. Waghorn, The Dawn of Cricket, Electric Press, 1906. Arthur Haygarth, Scores & Biographies, Volume 1 (1744-1826), Lillywhite, 1862. John Major, More Than a Game: the story of cricket's early years, HarperCollins, 2007. Lord's 1787-1945 by Sir Pelham Warner . 1755 births 1832 deaths Middlesex cricketers English cricketers English cricketers of 1787 to 1825 People from Thirsk Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers Hampshire cricketers Non-international England cricketers Epsom cricketers Old Etonians cricketers Lord's London Cricket Club cricketers Lord Yarmouth's XI cricketers T. Mellish's XI cricketers Sir H. Mann's XI cricketers Middlesex and Marylebone Cricket Club cricketers