Cranfield, Leslie Elmore, son of Arthur Leslie Cranfield, dir. Daily News Ltd, editor The Star; and Mary Frances, d. of George Smyth, sculptor, of Dublin; b. 19 Oct. 1921; adm. Sept. 1935 (G); left July 1939; KOYLI 1940-5 (Maj.); called to the Bar (Middle Temple) Nov. 1954; m. 20 Dec. 1957 Margaret Hazel, d. of Alec Gordon Nicholson of Weybridge, Surrey; d. 4 Sept. 1962.
Craze, Peter Dermot, son of Michael Romilly Craze, schoolmaster, of Felsted, Essex, and Carol Mary, d. of Rev. Alan Hugh McNeile DD, Regius Prof. of Divinity, Trin. Coll. Dublin; b. 4 Dec. 1946; adm. Sept. 1960 (G); left July 1965; Hertford Coll. Oxf., matric. 1965, BA 1968, MA 1975; asst. master Repton Sch. 1969-71, King’s Sch. Ely 1971-5, Manchester GS 1975-83; Headmaster Durston House Sch. Ealing 1983-2004; m. July 1971 Gabrielle-Anne, d. of Sir Denys Haigh Wilkinson FRS, Vice-Chancellor Univ. of Sussex; d. 11 Nov. 2004.
Croft, Anthony Julian, son of Sir William Dawson Croft KCB KBE CVO C1E, chmn. Board of Customs & Excise, and his second wife Dorothea, d. of Alfred Mavor; b. 9 Jan. 1925; adm. Sept. 1938 (G); left July 1943; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1943, BA 1947, MA 1950, DPhil 1952; asst. to head of Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford; blind for the last twenty-four years of his life; m. 10 Aug. 1948 Margaret, d. of Harold Edgar Nicklin of Brierley Hill, Staffs; d. 27 Feb. 1988.
Croft, Charles Julian, brother of Desmond Nicholas Croft (qv); b. 7 May 1936; adm. Sept. 1949 (G); left Dec. 1954; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1955, fenced against Camb. 1956-7, Capt. OUFC 1958, BA 1958, MA 1962; St Thomas’ Hosp. Med. Sch., BM BCh 1961; house appts. 1961-3; sci. asst. Imp. Cancer Res. Fund 1963-7; hon. histopathologist Central Middlesex Hosp. 1963-7; pathologist on sci. staff Nat. Inst. for Med. Res. 1967-74; DM (Oxon. ) 1973; gen. med. practitioner, S. London 1977-; m. 9 June 1962 Penelope Ann, d. of Joseph James Salter, schoolmaster, of Malvern, Worcs; d. 16 Oct. 1990.
Croft, Desmond Nicholas, son of Charles Richard Croft TD DM FRCP, consult. physician, of Plymouth, and Phyllis Mary, d. of Arthur Crawford Lee, of Compton, Hants; b. 14 June 1931; adm. Sept. 1945 (G); left July 1949; BA 1953, MA 1957; St Thomas’ Hosp. Med. Sch. 1954-6; Capt. RAMC, Brit. Milit. Hosp. Tripoli 1959-61; MRCP 1959, FRCP 1975; BM (Oxon. ) 1956, DM 1966; Nuffield Foundn. Fellow Boston Univ., USA, 1964-5; sen. med. registrar St Thomas’ Hosp. 1965-9; consult. physician St Thomas’ Hosp. 1969-96; m. 6 Feb. 1960 Hilary Diana Russel Rendle MB BS, med. practitioner, d. of Hilary Cameron Russel Rendle, Malayan CS; d. 7 Sept. 2012.
Croft, Stephen George, brother of Anthony Julian Croft (qv); b. 6 June 1933; adm. Sept. 1946 (G); left Dec. 1951; Trin. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1952, BA 1955, MA 1965; a theatre man. and writer for the theatre; staff of Playhouse Salisbury 1955-6, Theatre Royal Windsor 1957, New Shakespeare Liverpool 1958; man. Mermaid Theatre London 1959-61; adapted Emma and Wuthering Heights for the theatre; drama officer Arts Council 1964-70; man. Watford Palace Theatre 1971-2; tours man. Nat. Theatre 1973-5; d. 23 June 2016.
CROKE, JOHN, fourth son of Sir Alexander Croke, Kt, Studley Priory, Oxfordshire, Judge of Vice-Admiralty Court, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Alice, dau. of A. Blake, Brackley, Northants.; b. Nova Scotia 23 Nov 1811; adm. (G) 22 Sep 1824; KS May 1826; rowed against Eton 27 Jul 1829; Jesus Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 13 Oct 1829, matr. Mich. 1829; BA 1834; MA 1837; ordained deacon (Peterborough) 26 Apr 1835, priest (Lincoln) 29 May 1836; of Studley Priory, Oxfordshire; m. 1st, Selina Blake; m. 2nd, 1884 Ida Frances, widow of Cdr. James Nias Croke RN, and dau. of John Reynolds Dickson, Woodville, co. Leitrim; d. 12 May 1902.
CROMPTON, THOMAS LAKE; b. 20 Jan 1827; adm. (Scott's|Grant's) 4 Apr 1837; left May 1843. [Evidently Thomas Lake Crompton, son of Thomas Crompton, and Alice ---, bapt. St. Pancras Old Church 14 Aug 1841 (IGI : sic)] [perhaps emigrated to New Zealand]
Croome, Victor, son of Arthur Capel Molyneux Groome, of Pimlico, by Helen Radley, daughter of Sir William Hardman, Kt., of Norbiton Hall, Surrey; b. Nov. 30, 1899; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (G); left July 1917; Probationary Flying Officer R. N. A. S. Oct. 24, 1917; Flying Officer R.A.F. Aug. 1919; Flight-Lieut. July 1928; Wing-Cdr. July 1, 1939; temp. Group-Capt. Sept. 1, 1941; retired with rank of Group-Capt. Jan. 20, 1944; resident in Tanganyika; m. May 16, 1926, Hilda Maud, daughter of William Rooks, of Ilkley, Yorks.
CROSSE, ANDREW FREDERICK, eldest son of Andrew Crosse, Fyne Court, Somerset, and his second wife Cornelia Augusta Hewitt, dau. of Capt. ---Berkeley, Exeter, Devon; b. 31 May 1852; adm. (G) 15 Jun 1865; left Whitsun 1867; went to Univ. Coll. Sch., London; an analytical chemist; afterwards went to Hungary, where he engaged in wine growing; emigrated to South Africa 1889, where he resumed his chemical work; living in Johannesburg; m.; d. 8 Dec 1925.