Cross, Weimar, brother of Wilson McCargo Cross (q.v.); b. June 28, 1901; adm. April 30, 1914 (A); left Dec. 1919; sales manager to Ault and Wiborg Ltd., ink manufacturers; director of the newsprint division of Bowaters Sales Company Ltd. in the United Kingdom 1957; m. Dec. 4, 1924, Margaret Douglas, daughter of Donald John Armour, C.M.G., F.R.C.S., of St. Marylebone; d. in New York, Oct. 25, 1961.

CROSS, ROBERT CLIFFORD LLOYD, son of Maurice Cross, Comboconum, Madras, and Grace Eleanor Cottnam, dau. of Col. Robert Clifford Lloyd, 68th Foot; b. 2 Apr 1863; adm. (J) 27 Jan 1876; left Dec 1876; at Cheltenham Coll. 1877-9.

Cross, Arthur Geoffrey Neale, Baron Cross of Chelsea, son of Arthur George Cross, quantity surveyor, of Chelsea, and Mary Elizabeth Neale, d. of Sir Cornelius Neale Dalton KCMG CB, of Hampstead; b. 1 Dec. 1904; adm. Sept. 1917 (KS); left July 1922; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1922 (open schol.), BA 1925 (1st class hons Classical Tripos pts 1 & 2), MA 1929; Craven Schol. and Student 1925, Harmsworth Law Schol. 1926; Fellow of Trinity 1927; called to the Bar (Mid­dle Temple) Jan. 1930; KC 1949; Bencher Middle Temple 1958; Chancellor of the County Pala­tine of Durham 1959; Kt 1960; Judge of the High Court, Chancery Divn, 1960-9; PC 1969; Lord Justice of Appeal 1969-71; Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1971-5; cr. Law Life Peer 1971; a Governor of the school 1955-61; author (with G. R. Y. Radcliffe (qv)) of The English Legal System, 6th ed. pub. 1977; m. 23 Feb. 1952 Mildred Joan, d. of Maj. Theodore Eardley-Wilmot DSO, and widow of Thomas Walton Davies; d. 4 Aug. 1989.

CROONE, HENRY, son of Henry Croone, London, wine merchant (for father’s occupation see Busby’s Account Book 27 Apr 1664), and Anne, dau. of Richard Hiller, Beddington, Surrey; b.; adm.; KS 1637; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1640, matr. 3 Jul 1640, aged 17, Westminster Student to ejection 1648, restored 1660; BA 1644; MA 23 Jan 1646/7; Faculty Student, Ch. Ch., 1662-7, 1679-81, void on marriage; adm. Middle Temple (as Croome) 8 Nov 1641; Judge Advocate of the Fleet 29 Jul 1680 - 23 May 1689; lic. to m. 27 Jun 1681 Catherine, widow successively of Rev. John Doughty DD, Prebendary of Westminster, and of Sir Thomas Heath, Kt., Stoke, near Guildford, Surrey; buried Cloisters, Westminster Abbey 14 Jun 1689.

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.

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.

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

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

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.

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.