CROFTS, JOHN, only son of John Crofts (adm. 1743, qv); b. ; adm. 23 Feb 1784; in school lists 1786; St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 6 Mar 1790; kept three terms; d. unm. 23 Dec 1794, aged 23.
CROKE, JOHN, fourth son of Sir Alexander Croke, Kt, Studley Priory, Oxfordshire, Judge of Vice-Admiralty Court, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and Alice, dau. of A. Blake, Brackley, Northants.; b. Nova Scotia 23 Nov 1811; adm. (G) 22 Sep 1824; KS May 1826; rowed against Eton 27 Jul 1829; Jesus Coll. Cambridge, adm. pens. 13 Oct 1829, matr. Mich. 1829; BA 1834; MA 1837; ordained deacon (Peterborough) 26 Apr 1835, priest (Lincoln) 29 May 1836; of Studley Priory, Oxfordshire; m. 1st, Selina Blake; m. 2nd, 1884 Ida Frances, widow of Cdr. James Nias Croke RN, and dau. of John Reynolds Dickson, Woodville, co. Leitrim; d. 12 May 1902.
CROKER, EDWARD, only son of John Croker, Ballynagarde, co. Limerick, and Catherine Adeline, sister of William Bagwell (qv); b. 31 Aug 1814; adm. 22 Jun 1825 (Stelfox's); Cornet, 17th Lancers 7 Sep 1832; Lieut., 11 Aug 1835; Capt., 1 Mar 1839; retd. 21 May 1841; JP co. Limerick, High Sheriff 1862; m. 17 May 1841 Lady Georgiana Ellen Monck, sixth dau. of Henry Monck, 1st Earl of Rathdowne (I); d. 23 Mar 1869.
CROKER, ROBERT; b.; adm. (aged 16) Jan 1718/9; in under school list 1720.
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, ---; b.; adm.; left 1656 (school list, 1656, first quarter).
CROMPTON, EUSTACE; b. 3 May 1857; adm. 30 May 1872 (James'); left Aug 1874.