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CROSSE, SIR JOHN, BART., second but only surviving son of Sir Thomas Crosse, Bart. (qv); b.; adm. (aged 14) 10 Jan 1714/5; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Feb 1716/7, aged 16; MP Wotton Basset 1727-34, Lostwithiel 19 May 1735-47, Westminster 1754-61; succ. father as 2nd baronet 27 May 1738; m. 15 Jul 1746 Mary Godfrey, St. Margaret’s, Westminster; d. 12 Mar 1762.

CROSSE, SIR THOMAS, BART., eldest son of Thomas Crosse, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, and Mary, sister of John Lockwood; b. 29 Nov 1663; at school under Busby (memorial tablet in St. Margaret’s, Westminster); MP Westminster 1701, 1702-5, 1710-22; created baronet 11 Jul 1713; dir., South Sea Co. 1721-4; gave £50 towards building of College Dormitory; m. Jane, dau. of Patrick Lambe, Stoke Poges, Bucks.; d. 27 May 1738.

Crossman, Arnold Langdon, only son of John Crossman, M. D., M.R.C.S., of Wandsworth, by Marie L., daughter of Sampson Taylor Rowe, of Redruth, Cornwall; b. Aug. 28, 1885; adm. April 23, 1896; exhibitioner 1897 (A); Q.S. (non-resident) Sept. 22, 1898; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1904, matric. Michaelmas 1904; Cadet Ceylon Civil Service Nov. 1908; office asst. to Government agent Sabaragamuwa Prov. Dec. 1909; office asst. to Government agent E. Prov. Nov. 1910; Police Magistrate Puttalam May 1911; acting Police Magistrate Kandy Jan. 1913; District Judge Ratnapura June 1914; office asst. to Government agent W. Prov. Oct. 1915; attached to Censor's Office Oct. 1917; asst. Settlement Officer Oct. 1917; acting Deputy-Commissioner of Stamps Oct. 1920; Addi. District Judge Galle July 1921; asst. Government agent Hambantota Nov. 1921; m.; burnt to death with his wife at their home at Ruan Minor, Cornwall, Feb. 16, 1961.

CROUCH, HENRY NEWTON, second son of Charles William Crouch, Middle Temple, barrister, and Sarah Mary Anne, only dau. of Henry Constable, South Hampstead, Middlesex; b. 6 Aug 1865; adm. (J) 12 Jun 1879, exhibitioner; QS 20 Oct 1879; left May 1884; LLB London Univ 1890; adm. solicitor Oct 1892; went out to India; Public Prosecutor, Sind 27 Sep 1897; adm. Middle Temple 21 Feb 1900, called to bar 9 May 1900; Additional Judicial Commissioner, Sind 18 Jun 1906; Kaisar-i-Hind medal (1st class) 3 Jun 1918; m. 8 Jan 1900 Ethel Frances, second dau. of Lieut. -Col. John Muir Hunter CSI OBE, Indian Staff Corps, later of Tunbridge Wells, Kent; d. 12 Mar 1946.

CROUCH, THOMAS; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1716/7 (“probably a chorister”); left 1718.

Crow, Sir Alwyn Douglas, son of John Kent Crow, D.Sc., of Blackheath, Kent, by Ethel Mary, daughter of John Bannister-Sly, of Grove Park, Kent; b. May 10, 1894; adm. as K.S. Sept. 24, 1908; left (with Triplett) July 1913; Queens' Coll. Camb., exhibitioner 1913, matric. Michaelmas 1913; B.A. 1921; M.A. 1924; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. East Surrey Regt. Oct. 20, 1914; Lieut. Nov. 28, 1914; Capt. Nov. 12, 1915; served in France April - Sept. 1916, when he was wounded at Delville Wood, Somme, Sept. 15, 1916, and became unfit for further active service; mentioned in despatches; asst. Prof. and Experimental Officer Woolwich 1917-8; Director of Ballistic Research, War Office June 1919-39; O. B. E. June 3, 1918; Sc. D. 1932; Controller of Projectile Development, Ministry of Supply, 1940-5; Head of Technical Services, Brit. Joint Services Mission, Washington, 1946-53; C.B.E. 1937; knighted July 4, 1944; U. S. Medal of Freedom 1948; m. 1st Oct. 20, 1923, Kathleen Christiana, sister of Noel Edgar Barraclough (q.v.); 2nd Oct. 11, 1958, Mrs. Frances Gore Haynes, of Washington, U. S. A.

Crow, Colin Arthur, brother of Alwyn Douglas Crow (q.v.); b. June 12, 1896; adm. as K.S. Sept. 23, 1909; elected to Trin. Coll. (with Samwaies) July 1914, matric. Michaelmas 1914; scholar (Mech. Science) 1914; temp. Sub-Lieut. R. N. V. R. (Air Service) July 16, 1915; Lieut. Jan. 30, 1917; Pilot Officer (Training) R.A.F.V.R. March 30, 1941; resigned Nov. 18, 1942; m. March 25, 1948, Alice Garnett.