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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.

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).