CROOKS, ---; b.; in school lists 1764, 1765, 1767; left Whitsun 1767.
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.
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.
CROOTE, HENRY, son of “a poor godly Minister of the county of Lyncolne”; b.; adm.; BB in 1654; left May 1657 (Chapter Muniments 43086).
CROPLEY, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jan 1742/3.
CROPLEY, MATTHEW; b.; adm. (aged 8) Mar 1747; left 1747.
CROSDILL, JOHN; b.; adm.; chorister; studied the cello with Jean Pierre Dupont; member, Royal Society of Musicians 4 Dec 1768; principal cellist, Concerts of Ancient Music 1776; violist, Chapel Royal, from 10 Mar 1778; in Italy with Richard, 7th Viscount Fitzwilliam, Oct 1778; Chamber Musician to Queen Charlotte 1782, principal cellist, Handel Festival, Westminster Abbey 1782; retired from musical profession after his marriage; m. 31 May 1785 Elizabeth Colebrooke, widow; d. Oct 1825. DNB. Included in Record of Old Westminsters by Russell Barker & Stenning, but they cite no specific evidence that he attended the School proper, although he may have; Viscount Fitwilliam, described as a school friend, was in fact at Charterhouse].
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.
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, 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.