CROFT, SIR JAMES, son of Sir Herbert Croft MP, Croft Castle, Herefs., and Mary, dau. of Anthony Bourne, Holt Castle, Worcs.; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1617, matr. 8 Jun 1621, aged 18, Westminster Student to 1626; BA 1621; adm. Gray’s Inn 1625; a Col. in Royalist army; knighted at Oxford 18 Dec 1644; suffered much for his loyalty; buried St. Clement’s, London, 9 Aug 1659.

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, Clifford Hamilton, son of Ernest Samuel Croft OBE, asst Accountant-General RN, and Helen Louise, d. of Thomas Whiting; b. 8 May 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (A); left Dec. 1929; a chart­ered accountant, ACA 1935, FCA; practised in Wisborough Green, Sussex; m. 24 June 1942 Eileen Flood, d. of Walter Flood Croft of Horley, Surrey; d. June 1993.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.