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Crane, Frank Leslie, son of Arthur George Crane, of Singapore, by Edith Ellen, daughter of Thomas Farrow, of Bury St. Edmunds; b. Aug. 23, 1901; adm. as K.S. Sept. 23, 1915; left March 1918; a company director; Pilot Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R. Sept. 23, 1940; Acting Sqdn. Ldr.; m. June 25, 1938, Marguerite, daughter of Walter Eswin Austing, of Brighton; d. 10 Feb. 1982.

CRANE, JAMES; b.; adm. (aged 10) Oct 1741; left 1746.

CRANE, ROBERT, brother of William Crane (elected Trin. Coll. Camb. 1627, qv); b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1632, adm. scholar 1633; BA 1635/6; MA 1639; LLD 1660; Fellow, Trinity Coll., from 1637, Tutor 1639; ejected from his fellowship by the Parliamentary Visitors 1645, but restored 1660; Junior Bursar 1660-3, Senior Fellow 1665, Senior Bursar 1668-71; d. 16 Feb 1672, aged 60.

CRANE, THOMAS, of London; b.; adm.; QS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford (aged 17) 1576, Westminster Student 18 Jun 1577 - 1587/8; BA 26 Jan 1579/80; MA 6 Feb 1582/3 (incorp. Cambridge 1584); ordained; Rector of South Cadbury, Somerset, from 2 Dec 1587; m.; buried South Cadbury 2 Jun 1608.

CRANE, WILLIAM, son of Thomas Crane (qv); bapt. 19 Sep 1602; adm. ; KS in 1619 (Chapter Muniments 32451); Chapel Clerk, New Coll. Oxford Jan 1622-5, Chaplain 1625-7; BA 1625/6; MA 1628; Rector of Isle Abbotts, Somerset, 30 Nov 1637, sequestered.

CRANE, WILLIAM, eldest son of John Crane, Loughton, Bucks., Chief Clerk of Board of Green Cloth to James I and Charles I, and Mary, dau. of Sir Thomas Tresham, Kt, Newton, Northants.; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1627, matr. Mich. 1627, adm. scholar 1628; BA 1631/2; MA 1635; Fellow, Trinity Coll. 1633, Tutor 1635-9; m. 20 Oct 1636 Frances, dau. of William Bond, and niece of Sir Francis Crane, Woodrising, Norfolk; d. 2 Apr. 1673.

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.

CRANFORD, J.; b.; adm.; Min. Can. 1642; KS in 1644 (Chapter Muniments 43114).

CRANSTON, EDWARD, son of John Cranston (qv); b. 11 Jan 1761; adm. 23 Feb 1770; in school list 1775; adm. Middle Temple 30 Jun 1775; Pembroke Coll. Oxford, matr. 30 Apr 1778; m. 22 Apr 1797 (IGI) Harriet Newland, Chichester, Sussex; d. 7 Jan 1841.

CRANSTON, JOHN, son of William Cranston, Johnson’s Court, Fleet Street, London, solicitor, and his first wife Mary Swaysland; bapt. St. Bride’s, Fleet Street 3 Dec 1736 (IGI); adm. (aged 14) Jan 1750/1 (Watts'); in school list 1752; adm. solicitor 30 Nov 1759; practised in London; retired after a few years to East Grinstead, Sussex, where he built East Court and in 1767 became Assist. Warden, Sackville College; m. 8 Nov 1759 (IGI) Catherine Green, East Court, East Grinstead, Sussex; d. 26 Mar 1781.