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Cross, Wilson McCargo, son of Wilson Cross, of Kensington, by Rose, daughter of George Weimar; b. July 20, 1899; adm. Sept. 25, 1913 (A); left Dec. 1917; district manager of the Vacuum Oil Co., London; m. 1st Feb. 14, 1924, Pamela Gladys, daughter of Arthur Hildebrand Rawsden-Tagore, of Maida Vale, London; 2nd April 6, 1933, Joy Mignon Kenyon, younger daughter of Harcourt S. Middleton, of Mayfair; d. 16 May 1972.

CROSSE, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1556 (Chapter Muniments 37713).

CROSSE, ---; b.; adm.; left 1656 (school list 1656, first quarter).

CROSSE, ANDREW FREDERICK, eldest son of Andrew Crosse, Fyne Court, Somerset, and his second wife Cornelia Augusta Hewitt, dau. of Capt. ---Berkeley, Exeter, Devon; b. 31 May 1852; adm. (G) 15 Jun 1865; left Whitsun 1867; went to Univ. Coll. Sch., London; an analytical chemist; afterwards went to Hungary, where he engaged in wine growing; emigrated to South Africa 1889, where he resumed his chemical work; living in Johannesburg; m.; d. 8 Dec 1925.

Crosse, John Ormandy, son of Brig. John Henry Joseph Crosse OBE RAMC, and Olive, d. of Walter Dodwell of Cheshunt, Herts; b. 4 Jan. 1936; adm. Sept. 1949 (A); left Apr. 1954; Queens’ Coll. Camb., matric. 1955, BA 1958; St Thomas’ Hosp. Med. Sch., MRCS LRCP 1962, MB BChir 1963; DTM&H 1965; an army med. practitioner, serving in Singapore, Colchester, Belfast, Berlin and Germany; Capt. RAMC Oct. 1963, Maj. Oct. 1968, Lieut. -Col. Oct. 1976, Col. Dec. 1987; SMO Shorncliffe, Dover, 1988-96; retd. Jan. 1996; m. 12 Aug. 1961 Elizabeth Ann, teacher, d. of Thomas Clifford Glanville, geologist; d. 5 Nov. 2016.

CROSSE, JOHN, son of Oliver Crosse, Ware, Herts., and Agnes ---; b.; at school (aged 12) 2 Jul 1582 (Chapter Muniments 43050); QS; a contributor to the congratulatory verses by QSS to Queen Elizabeth c. 1586 (Hatfield, Salisbury MSS).

CROSSE, SIR JOHN, BART., second but only surviving son of Sir Thomas Crosse, Bart. (qv); b.; adm. (aged 14) 10 Jan 1714/5; Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 21 Feb 1716/7, aged 16; MP Wotton Basset 1727-34, Lostwithiel 19 May 1735-47, Westminster 1754-61; succ. father as 2nd baronet 27 May 1738; m. 15 Jul 1746 Mary Godfrey, St. Margaret’s, Westminster; d. 12 Mar 1762.

CROSSE, SIR THOMAS, BART., eldest son of Thomas Crosse, St. Margaret’s, Westminster, and Mary, sister of John Lockwood; b. 29 Nov 1663; at school under Busby (memorial tablet in St. Margaret’s, Westminster); MP Westminster 1701, 1702-5, 1710-22; created baronet 11 Jul 1713; dir., South Sea Co. 1721-4; gave £50 towards building of College Dormitory; m. Jane, dau. of Patrick Lambe, Stoke Poges, Bucks.; d. 27 May 1738.

Crossman, Arnold Langdon, only son of John Crossman, M. D., M.R.C.S., of Wandsworth, by Marie L., daughter of Sampson Taylor Rowe, of Redruth, Cornwall; b. Aug. 28, 1885; adm. April 23, 1896; exhibitioner 1897 (A); Q.S. (non-resident) Sept. 22, 1898; elected head to Ch. Ch. Oxon. July 1904, matric. Michaelmas 1904; Cadet Ceylon Civil Service Nov. 1908; office asst. to Government agent Sabaragamuwa Prov. Dec. 1909; office asst. to Government agent E. Prov. Nov. 1910; Police Magistrate Puttalam May 1911; acting Police Magistrate Kandy Jan. 1913; District Judge Ratnapura June 1914; office asst. to Government agent W. Prov. Oct. 1915; attached to Censor's Office Oct. 1917; asst. Settlement Officer Oct. 1917; acting Deputy-Commissioner of Stamps Oct. 1920; Addi. District Judge Galle July 1921; asst. Government agent Hambantota Nov. 1921; m.; burnt to death with his wife at their home at Ruan Minor, Cornwall, Feb. 16, 1961.

CROUCH, HENRY NEWTON, second son of Charles William Crouch, Middle Temple, barrister, and Sarah Mary Anne, only dau. of Henry Constable, South Hampstead, Middlesex; b. 6 Aug 1865; adm. (J) 12 Jun 1879, exhibitioner; QS 20 Oct 1879; left May 1884; LLB London Univ 1890; adm. solicitor Oct 1892; went out to India; Public Prosecutor, Sind 27 Sep 1897; adm. Middle Temple 21 Feb 1900, called to bar 9 May 1900; Additional Judicial Commissioner, Sind 18 Jun 1906; Kaisar-i-Hind medal (1st class) 3 Jun 1918; m. 8 Jan 1900 Ethel Frances, second dau. of Lieut. -Col. John Muir Hunter CSI OBE, Indian Staff Corps, later of Tunbridge Wells, Kent; d. 12 Mar 1946.