CROFT, SIR HERBERT ARCHER, BART., eldest son of Sir Herbert George Denman Croft, Bart., MP, and Georgiana Eliza Lucy, eldest dau. of Matthew Henry Marsh (qv); grandson of Sir Archer Denman Croft, Bart. (qv); b. 5 Sep 1868; adm. (R) 12 Apr 1882; left Dec 1884; went to Australia 1887, sheep-farming; succ. father as 10th baronet 11 Feb 1902; enlisted as private in Herefordshire Regt., Aug. 1914, and raised company of 150 men within a week; 2nd Lieut., 1st batt., Herefordshire Regt. 2 Sep 1914, Lieut.; Capt., 12 Sep 1914; went out with British expeditionary force to Mediterranean Jul 1915; DL Herefordshire, JP (1896), High Sheriff 1911; m. 1st, 20 Jun 1892 Kathleen, second dau. of John Hare, Invercargill, New Zealand; m. 2nd, 3 Feb 1903 Katharine Agnes, eldest dau. of Joseph Charlton Parr DL, Grappenhall Heyes, Cheshire; killed in action at Suvla Bay, Gallipoli 10 Aug 1915.
CROFT, HERBERT EDWARD PRICHARD, son of Henry Prichard Croft, Finborough Road, West Kensington, merchant, and Isabel Anne Annette, dau. of Henry Prichard, Ashley Park, Gloucs.; b. 4 Jun 1860; adm. 31 May 1872; left Dec 1875; “insurance clerk” (1901 Census); d. 28 Oct 1941.
CROFT, SIR JAMES, son of Sir Herbert Croft MP, Croft Castle, Herefs., and Mary, dau. of Anthony Bourne, Holt Castle, Worcs.; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Christ Church, Oxford 1617, matr. 8 Jun 1621, aged 18, Westminster Student to 1626; BA 1621; adm. Gray’s Inn 1625; a Col. in Royalist army; knighted at Oxford 18 Dec 1644; suffered much for his loyalty; buried St. Clement’s, London, 9 Aug 1659.
CROFT, ROBERT, brother of Sir James Croft (qv); b. ; adm. ; KS (aged 16) 1629 (Bodleian Library, Tanner MSS lxix, 224); a Col. in the Royalist army; of Yarpole, Herefs. ; m. ; buried 5 May 1683.
Croft, Stephen George, brother of Anthony Julian Croft (qv); b. 6 June 1933; adm. Sept. 1946 (G); left Dec. 1951; Trin. Coll. Oxf., matric. 1952, BA 1955, MA 1965; a theatre man. and writer for the theatre; staff of Playhouse Salisbury 1955-6, Theatre Royal Windsor 1957, New Shakespeare Liverpool 1958; man. Mermaid Theatre London 1959-61; adapted Emma and Wuthering Heights for the theatre; drama officer Arts Council 1964-70; man. Watford Palace Theatre 1971-2; tours man. Nat. Theatre 1973-5; d. 23 June 2016.
CROFT, SIR THOMAS ELMSLEY, BART., third but eldest surviving son of Sir Richard Croft, Bart., MD, and Margaret, dau. of Thomas Denman MD; b. 2 Sep 1798; adm. Lady Day 1811; left 1813; Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 28 Apr 1814, half-pay 2 Mar 1820, retd. 29 Mar 1831; severely wounded at battle of Quatre Bras 16 Jun 1815; succ. father as 7th baronet 13 Feb 1818; FSA; m. 9 Sep 1824 Sophia Jane, only child of Richard Lateward-Lateward, Grove House, Perivale, Middlesex; d. 29 Oct 1835.
CROFT, WILLIAM; b. ; adm. 26 Jul 1774.