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]

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.

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.

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, 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, 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.

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.

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.

Craig, John Burgoyne, son of John Craig, Colonial Audit Dept, and Audrey Alma, d. of Alexander Charles Pirie of Dunecfit, Aberdeenshire; b. 21 Nov. 1921; adm. Sept. 1934 (G); left July 1940; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1940; Colonial Service Nigeria 1942-58, sen. DO Eastern Region; ABC Sydney, NSW, 1960-7; admin. officer Macquarie Univ. Sydney 1967-79, retd 1979; m. 30 Mar. 1949 Susie, d. of Edward Beattie, accountant, of Sydney, NSW.

Craies, William Octavius, son of Constantine Craies (qv); b. 3 Nov. 1912; adm. Sept. 1926 (G); left July 1931; Univ. Coll. Lond. 1931-3; family firm of furniture manufacturers 1934-61; Financial Times 1964-7; librarian Min. of Agriculture Central Library 1968-7; d. 1 June 1992.