CROKER, TEMPLE HENRY, son of Henry Croker, Starsfield Court, co. Cork; b.; adm. (aged 11) Oct 1741; KS 1743; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1746, adm. pens. 29 May 1746, but did not matr.; went to Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 25 Nov 1746; BA 1750; MA 1760; ordained deacon (Chichester) 28 Dec 1751, priest (Winchester) Dec 1753; Curate, Crondall, Hants., 1753; held curacies in Sussex 1751-68; Chaplain to William, 1st Earl of Hillsborough, 8 Feb 1755; Reader of Temple Church Mich. 1759 - dismissal Jun 1763, having gone abroad Sep 1761; Chaplain, Royal Navy 1761, serving on HMS Edgar in Sep 1763; Rector of Ightham, Kent, 28 Jul 1769-73; bankrupt 1773; emigrated to West Indies; Rector of St. John’s, Capisterre, St. Kitts; author of a translation of Orlando Furioso, 1755, and of other works; m. 1st, 15 Mar 1753 Anne McNally, St. James’s, Westminster; lic. to m. 2nd, 6 Mar 1758, Anne Whitehead, Petworth, Sussex [but GM records his marriage in 1763 (sic) to “Miss Whitehead, of Bramshot”, and IGI gives date of marriage as 23 Sep 1763]; d. in St. Kitts 1790 (?). DNB.

CROMPTON, EUSTACE; b. 3 May 1857; adm. 30 May 1872 (James'); left Aug 1874.

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]

Crook, David Geoffrey, son of Herbert Langerman Crook, physicist, of Blackheath, and Molly, d. of Charles Waller of Bickley, Kent; b. 7 Mar. 1935; adm. Sept. 1948 (R); left July 1953; BA 1958, MA 1962; Glacier Metal Co. 1960-8; dir. Export Packing Services Ltd. 1968-77; dir. Delta Plc 1977-95; m. 18 Mar. 1961 Susan Mary, d. of Henry Allan Astbury, chartered accountant, of Farnborough, Kent; d. 2 July 2010.

Crook, Philip John Lancaster, son of Edward Arnold Crook, glove manufacturer, of Gt Malvern, Worcs, and Mary Clare Broad, d. of Lieut.-Col. John Lancaster IMS; b. 29 May 1920; adm. May 1934 (B); left July 1938; Univ. of Birmingham; Roy. Tank Regt 1941-3 (Lieut.); killed in action (N. Africa) Apr. 1943.

Philip John Lancaster Crook was born at Streatham, London on the 29th of May 1920 the only son of Edward Arnold Crook, a glove manufacturer, and Mary Clare Broad (nee Lancaster) Crook, later of 5, Heathcroft, Hampstead, London NW11. He was the twin of his sister Elizabeth Lorna.
He was educated at Westminster School where he was up Busby’s from May 1934 to July 1938. He was a member of the Officer Training Corps and was promoted to Lance Corporal in September 1937. He was articled to a firm of solicitors before going on to the University of Birmingham from where he graduated LLb.
He attended an Officer Cadet Training Unit before being commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Royal Tank Regiment on the 8th of March 1941.
On the 1st of April 1943, Philip Crook was with A Squadron, 50th Royal Tank Regiment which was resting in camp at Djorf. During the day a party from the Squadron was organised to visit the scene of a battle in which they had been involved at the Mareth Line on the 22nd of March 1943 against the German 15th Panzer Division. They were to try to learn the lessons of the fighting there and to salvage equipment from the area. They had been warned that the area had been heavily booby trapped and mined by the Germans before they had retreated and were instructed to take extreme care. During the trip, for reasons which are not known, Philip Crook left the track which had been swept and found to be clear of mines. Following the explosion of a German “S” anti personnel mine he was found lying on the ground badly wounded by shrapnel. He was evacuated to an Advanced Dressing Station where he died of his wounds a few hours later.
He is commemorated on the war memorial at Malvern and on the memorial at the University of Birmingham.
He is buried at Sfax War Cemetery Plot X Row D, Grave 20.

Crook, Thomas Ralph, son of Ralph Crook of Sidcup, Kent, and Kate La Beata, d. of Thomas Wilkins of Swindon, Wilts; b. 24 May 1913; adm. Sept. 1927 (H), KS Sept. 1927; left July 1932; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1932, BA 1937, MA 1964; secretariat Bengal Chamber of Commerce, Calcutta, 1937-42; Madras Regt IA 1942, GSO2 GHQ India; SEAC Burma 1944, GSOI XIV Army; returned Calcutta 1946; Delhi adviser to Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Calcutta, 1963, Sec. Gen. 1967; retd 1970 and returned to England; m. 7 Oct. 1948 Joan Ruby Allum, teacher, d. of Ernest John Allum RN; d. 1 June 1999.

CROOKE, JOHN, brother of Samuel Crooke (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Oct 1752 (Watts'); Min. Can. 1756; KS 1757; living 1764.

CROOKE, MICHAEL, son of Samuel Crooke, St. Kitts, West Indies, and Mary ---; b.; adm. (aged 15) Jun 1736 (Majendie's); left 1736.

CROOKE, SAMUEL, eldest son of Samuel Crooke, New House, Boxford, Suffolk, and St. Kitts, West Indies, and Sarah Milward, widow; nephew of Michael Crooke (qv); b.; adm. (aged 11) Oct 1752 (Watts'); in school list 1754; Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 10 Mar 1757, matr. Easter 1757; adm. Middle Temple 24 Jan 1760; m. 31 Mar 1772 Mary Duport.

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.