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CROFTON-ATKINS, WILLIAM ARTHUR, son of Maj. -Gen. Richard Henry Crofton, Royal Artillery, and Emily Catherine Anne, younger dau. of William James Brown, Gravesend, Kent; b. 2 Dec 1844; adm. 14 Apr 1857; St. John’s Coll. Oxford, matr. 18 Oct 1862 (described in Foster as only son of William Arthur Crofton Atkins, Woolwich, Kent, presumably in error); Ensign, 2nd Foot Guards [check]; University Coll. Durham; BA and L. Th 1871; ordained deacon 1872, priest 1873 (both Winchester); Curate, St. Clement’s, Bournemouth 1872-4; of Combe Bank, Kent, and St. Leonard’s, Sussex; m. 14 Jun 1866 Charlotte Anne Rosalie, eldest dau. of Rev. Edward Norman Coles, Rector of Battlesden with Pottesgrove, Beds.; d. 17 Jan 1928.

CROFTS, DANIEL, brother of John Crofts (adm. 1743, qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Jan 1749/50 (Gibson's); in school list 1754; apprenticed to Charles Hornby, Sworn Attorney, Pipe Office, 26 Mar 1756; adm. solicitor 13 Feb 1765; of the Pipe Office, London, as one of the Board End clerks 1772-6 and as a Sworn Attorney from 1776; m. 1 Jul 1768 Miss Hunt, Lincoln’s Inn Fields; d. 18 Sep 1785.

CROFTS, JOHN, eldest son of John Crofts, Lincoln’s Inn, and Sompting Abbots, Sussex, solicitor, and Ann, dau. of Rev. Daniel De La Pla, Thornhagh, Northants.; bapt. St. Andrew, Holborn 27 Jul 1732 (IGI); adm. (aged 10) Apr 1743 (Stephens'); left 1749; m. 19 Jun 1766 Frances, dau. of James Pinnock; d. 20 Oct 1812, aged 80.

CROFTS, JOHN; b.; adm. (aged 10) Jun 1751; in school list 1754.

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.