Creswick, Maurice de Jersey, son of James Paul Creswick, of Shortlands, Kent, by Maude Lavinia, daughter of George Morris, of Keynsham, Somerset; b. May 3, 1894; adm. Jan. 14, 1909 (H); left July 1911; a journalist; temp. 2nd Lieut. in the Buffs Jan. 21, 1915; Lieut. July 1, 1917; served ten months in France, where he was wounded three times, and also in Mesopotamia, India, and the Afghan War; demob. Sept. 1919; Pilot Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R. Oct. 1, 1940; transferred to R.A.F. Regt. Feb. 1, 1942; returned to A. and S. D. Oct. 15, 1942; Flight.-Lieut.

CREW, SAMUEL, son of Samuel Crew, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1736 (in school list 1736 as “John Crew”); KS 1738; Capt. of the School 1742; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1743, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1743, scholar 20 Apr 1744; BA 1746/7; MA 1750; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1749, Major Fellow 4 Jul 1750; ordained deacon (Norwich, litt. dim. from St. Davids) 1747, priest (Ely) 4 Jun 1750; reprimanded by Vice-Chancellor for interfering with the Senior Proctor in the exercise of his duties on the occasion of the Westminster Club dinner, presided over by Thomas Francklin (qv), 17 Nov 1750; Vicar, Great St. Mary’s, Cambridge 1760; d. 13 Nov 1760.

CREWS, CHARLES BUNFORD WASHINGTON, eldest son of Charles Thomas Daniell Crews DL FSA, Billingbear Park, Wokingham, Berks., stockbroker, and Mary Ann Gill, dau. of Charles Washington; b. 13 Aug 1864; adm. (R) 26 Jan 1877; left Aug 1882; d. 12 May 1900.

Cripps, Henry Theodore Rivers, son of Henry Rivers Cripps, of Westminster, solicitor; b. Oct. 18, 1898; adm. Sept. 26, 1912 (A); left July 1913.

Crisp, Sir John Peter, Bart., son of Sir John Wilson Crisp, Bart., and Marjorie, d. of F. R. Shriver; b. 19 May 1925; adm. Sept. 1939 (B); left July 1942; RNVR in WW2 (Sub-Lieut); succ. father as 4th Bart. 11 Oct. 1950; adm. solicitor July 1951; m. 5 June 1954 Judith Mary, d. of Herbert Edward Gillett FRICS; d. 20 Mar. 2005.

CROCHLEY, GEORGE, son of George Crochley, Bloomsbury, London; b.; adm. (aged 9) Apr 1720; Min. Can. 1724; KS 1725; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1729, matr. 12 Jun 1729, Westminster Student from 23 Dec 1729; BA 1733; drowned at Sandford Lasher, near Oxford, 25 Apr 1735.

CROCHLEY, RICHARD JOHN, brother of George Crochley (qv); b.; adm. (aged 10) May 1733; KS 1737; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1742, matr. 19 Jun 1742, Westminster Student 24 Dec 1742 - void 30 Jun 1750; said to have been an Usher at the School; ordained deacon 25 May 1746, priest 14 Jun 1747 (both Oxford); Master, Doncaster Free Grammar School, from 27 Aug 1747; Vicar of Cantley, Yorks., from 3 Oct 1758; m.; buried at Cantley 20 May 1776.

CROCKETT, ARTHUR WALCOTT, son of Edwin Arthur Brassey Crockett, Strathmore Gardens, Kensington, engineer and architect, and Elizabeth Isabel, eldest dau. of Sir Stephen Walcott KCMG, Lansdown Crescent, Notting Hill, London, Colonial Land and Emigration Commissioner; b. 10 Sep 1867; adm. from Derby Sch. (H) 22 Sep 1882; left Apr 1883; at Hereford Cathedral Sch. 1883-4; Non-Coll., Cambridge, matr. Mich. 1888; migrated to Corpus Christi Coll., adm. pens. 12 Jan 1889; BA 1891; MA 1895; Ridley Hall, Cambridge, 1892; ordained deacon 1892, priest 1893 (both Canterbury); held several curacies, including two years at The Old Church, Calcutta, India; Vicar of Compton and Rector of Upper Marden, Sussex 1903-8; Vicar of Bitterne, Hants., 1908-20; Rector of Southfleet, Kent, 1920-6; Rector of St. Ives, Cornwall, 1927-37; Curate, West Camel, Somerset, 1943-4; m. 1st, 22 Jun 1892 Caroline Elizabeth, dau. of Rev. Charles George Coombe, Vicar of St. Peter’s, Worthing, Sussex; m. 2nd, 22 May 1912 Gertrude Hayes Katherine, sister of Felix John Sterndale Gardiner (qv).

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.