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CROYDEN, WILLIAM, brother of Thomas Croyden (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1633; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1636, adm. pens. 19 May 1636, scholar 1637; BA 1639/40; MA 1643; Minor Fellow Trin. Coll. 1640, Major Fellow 1641, Tutor 1644-55 [check], a Senior Fellow by order of House of Commons 6 Nov 1645-c. 1651 [check], Senior Bursar 1647-50, Proctor 1647, 1650; will proved PCC 2 Jun 1657 (gentleman, Wilbraham, Cambs. ).

CROZIER, FREDERICK WILLIAM FRANCIS ST. JOHN, son of Rev. James Alexander Crozier, Chaplain to Household Cavalry, and Frances Elizabeth, dau. of William Frederick Chambers (KS 1800, qv); b. 24 Jun 1858; adm. 22 Jan 1874 (James'); left Dec 1874; lived for several years in South Africa; d. unm. 10 Feb 1903.

CRUCIFIX, ROBERT; b.; adm. 12 Jun 1779; chorister.

Cruft, Adrian Francis, brother of John Herbert Cruft (qv); b. 10 Feb. 1921: adm. Sept. 1935 (H); left Dec. 1937; Roy. Coll. of Music, Boult Conductmg School. 1938; 2nd Lieut. RA 1944, transf. Beds & Herts Regt 1945; RWA Frontier Force, W. Afnca and India, 1945-6; Sullivan Comp. Prize RCM 1947; 1st prize Roy. Philh. Soc. open competition 1951; Prof. of Harmony and Counterpoint RCM 1962; ARCM 1964, FRCM 1981; member BBC Symphony Orch. 1948-9, Covent Garden Orch. 1949-53, Philharmonia Orch. 1954-62; chairman Composers' Guild of GB 1966; Freeman City of London 1968; Prof. of Orchestration, Guildhall Sch. of Music 1972- 5; composer of over 90 choral, orchestral, solo and chamber music works, including a setting of the Te Deum for Commem. 1964 in the Abbey; m. 1st Joyce Latham, d. of C. Wentworth Elam of Liverpool; 2nd 26 Apr. 1957 Margaret Pamela, d. of W. W. Peters of Lewisham; 3rd 23 Sept. 1975 Jocelyn, d. of W. Ralph Mather of Bodicote, Oxon.; d. 20 Feb. 1987.

Cruft, John Herbert, son of Eugene John Cruft MVO, Prof. Roy. Coll. of Music, of Mitcham, Surrey, and Winifred Frances, d. of Herbert Abels of Barnet, Herts; b. 4 Jan. 1914; adm. Sept. 1927 (H); left Dec. 1930; Roy. Coll. of Music 1931, Katherine Florence Boult Schol. 1932-6; oboist Lond. Philh. and Suisse Romande orchestras 1936-40; Roy. Signals 1940-6 (Capt.); oboist LSO 1946-9, sec. 1949-59; music director Brit. Council 1959-61, drama and music director 1961-5; music director Arts Council of GB 1965-79; FRCM 1961, hon. RAM 1974; author of The Royal College of Music: a Centenary Record 1881-1981, 1983; m. 14 Apr. 1938 Mary Margaret Miriam, d. of Rev. William Patrick Glyn McCormick, Vicar of St Martin-in-the Fields, Chaplain to HM the King; d. 17 May 2008.

CRUMP, ---; b.; in school list Jun 1764; left Sep 1764.

CRUMP, ---; b.; in under school lists 1715, 1716.

CRUMP, ---; b.; in school lists 1764, 1765.

CRUMP, BYAM, second son of Col. Nathaniel Crump, President of Antigua, West Indies, and Ann White; b.; adm. (aged 15) Feb 1733/4; in school list 1736; adm. Inner Temple 6 Feb 1735/6; Ensign, 3rd Foot Guards 15 Jun 1744; Lieut. and Capt., 10 Mar 1747; Maj., 38th Foot 23 Nov 1753; Lieut. -Col., 60th Foot (afterwards 58th Foot) 27 Dec 1755; 4th Foot, 17 Dec 1757; temporary rank of Brig. -Gen. as Governor of Guadelope Apr 1759; m. Feb 1758 Dorothea, dau. of Ven. William Lewis, Archdeacon of Kilfenora; d. 11 Mar 1760.