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Croft, Anthony Julian, son of Sir William Dawson Croft KCB KBE CVO C1E, chmn. Board of Customs & Excise, and his second wife Dorothea, d. of Alfred Mavor; b. 9 Jan. 1925; adm. Sept. 1938 (G); left July 1943; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1943, BA 1947, MA 1950, DPhil 1952; asst. to head of Clarendon Laboratory, Oxford; blind for the last twenty-four years of his life; m. 10 Aug. 1948 Margaret, d. of Harold Edgar Nicklin of Brierley Hill, Staffs; d. 27 Feb. 1988.

Croft, Charles Julian, brother of Desmond Nicholas Croft (qv); b. 7 May 1936; adm. Sept. 1949 (G); left Dec. 1954; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1955, fenced against Camb. 1956-7, Capt. OUFC 1958, BA 1958, MA 1962; St Thomas’ Hosp. Med. Sch., BM BCh 1961; house appts. 1961-3; sci. asst. Imp. Cancer Res. Fund 1963-7; hon. histopathologist Central Middlesex Hosp. 1963-7; pathologist on sci. staff Nat. Inst. for Med. Res. 1967-74; DM (Oxon. ) 1973; gen. med. practitioner, S. London 1977-; m. 9 June 1962 Penelope Ann, d. of Joseph James Salter, schoolmaster, of Malvern, Worcs; d. 16 Oct. 1990.

Croft, Clifford Hamilton, son of Ernest Samuel Croft OBE, asst Accountant-General RN, and Helen Louise, d. of Thomas Whiting; b. 8 May 1912; adm. Sept. 1925 (A); left Dec. 1929; a chart­ered accountant, ACA 1935, FCA; practised in Wisborough Green, Sussex; m. 24 June 1942 Eileen Flood, d. of Walter Flood Croft of Horley, Surrey; d. June 1993.

Croft, Desmond Nicholas, son of Charles Richard Croft TD DM FRCP, consult. physician, of Plymouth, and Phyllis Mary, d. of Arthur Crawford Lee, of Compton, Hants; b. 14 June 1931; adm. Sept. 1945 (G); left July 1949; BA 1953, MA 1957; St Thomas’ Hosp. Med. Sch. 1954-6; Capt. RAMC, Brit. Milit. Hosp. Tripoli 1959-61; MRCP 1959, FRCP 1975; BM (Oxon. ) 1956, DM 1966; Nuffield Foundn. Fellow Boston Univ., USA, 1964-5; sen. med. registrar St Thomas’ Hosp. 1965-9; consult. physician St Thomas’ Hosp. 1969-96; m. 6 Feb. 1960 Hilary Diana Russel Rendle MB BS, med. practitioner, d. of Hilary Cameron Russel Rendle, Malayan CS; d. 7 Sept. 2012.

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.

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.