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 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, 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.