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Crowe, George Lawson, 1885-?
GB-2014-WSA-05603 · Person · 1885-?

Crowe, George Lawson, son of George Wyndham Crowe, M. D., of Worcester, by Marian, daughter of William Price-Hughes, of Northwick Hall, Worcester; b. Jan. 8, 1885; adm. as Q.S. Sept. 22, 1898; left July 1903; Non-Coll. Oxon., matric. Michaelmas 1903; migrated to Trin. Coll. Dublin; B.A. 1909; a schoolmaster; played cricket for Worcestershire 1906-14; 2nd Lieut. 6th Batt. Worcs Regt. Jan. 20, 1915; Capt. and Adjt. June 1916-Jan. 1919; m. July 11, 1916, Muriel Maud, daughter of William Homer Caldicott, J. P., of Worcester.
Crowe, Hugh Barby, 1894-1915
Crowe, Hugh Barby, 1894-1915
GB-2014-WSA-05604 · Person · 1894-1915

Crowe, Hugh Barby, only son of Col. Percy Barby Crowe, of West Brompton, by Annie, daughter of William Henry Allen, of Bromham House, Beds, and sister of George Pemberton Allen (q.v.); b. April 18, 1894; adm. Sept. 26, 1907 (G); left Dec. 1911; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. Michaelmas 1912; 2nd Lieut. 1st Batt. City of London Regt. (Royal Fusiliers) May 31, 1912; Lieut. Jan. 1, 1914; A.D.C. to Lord Lucan, commanding the 1st London Infantry Brigade; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. Royal Fusiliers Sept. 16, 1914, attached to the 5th Batt. at Dover, until he joined his own Batt. on the western front Nov. 31, 1914; Lieut. Feb. 11, 1915; invalided home from Ypres with concussion in April 1915; was transferred to the 2nd Batt. on his recovery, and went out to join the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force Aug. 14, 1915; drowned off the Gallipoli Peninsula in the collision between H. M. S. Hythe and H. M. S. Sarnia, while acting as Military Conducting Officer on the former vessel, Oct. 28, 1915; unm.
Crowe, William, fl. 1672
GB-2014-WSA-019027 · Person · fl. 1672

CROWE, WILLIAM; b. ; adm. ; KS 1672.
Crowle, Charles John, ca. 1740-1811
GB-2014-WSA-05605 · Person · ca. 1740-1811

CROWLE, CHARLES JOHN, only [eldest ?] son of Richard Crowle MP, Hull, Yorks., barrister and Bencher Inner Temple, and Elizabeth, dau. of John Pearman, London, timber merchant; b.; adm. (aged 8) Jan 1748/9 (Burges'); Trinity Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 30 Jul 1757, matr. Lent 1758; adm. Inner Temple 13 Jun 1755; Grand Tour (in Italy 1761-2); MP Richmond 26 May 1769-74; member Society of Dilettanti 1764, Secretary 1774-8; d. 7 Mar 1811.
Croyden, George, d. 1678
GB-2014-WSA-019028 · Person · d. 1678

CROYDEN, GEORGE, brother of Thomas Croyden (qv); b. ; adm. ; KS (Capt. ) ; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1634, matr. 1 Sep 1634, aged 18, Westminster Student to 1650 (?); BA 1638; MA 1641; Under Master, Westminster School 1642-5; submitted to Parliamentary Visitors 1648; “absent on leave” when required to subscribe the engagement in Feb 1650/1 (Burrows, p. 329); LLD Padua 20 Mar 1656/7 (incorp. DCL Oxford 4 Nov 1662); ordained; Canon of Christ Church, Oxford from 14 Dec 1666, subsequently also Treasurer, Christ Church; m. 10 Jul 1660 (IGI) Eleanor [or Elizabeth ?] (IGI), widow of Thomas Garfoot, Hyde, Ingatestone, Essex, and sister of Sir John Heydon, Governor of the Bermuda Company; d. 14 Jun 1678. Buried Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.
Croyden, Thomas, d. 1679
GB-2014-WSA-05606 · Person · d. 1679

CROYDEN, THOMAS, son of George Croyden, Templecombe, Somerset; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1631, adm. scholar 1631, matr. Easter 1632; BA 1635/6; MA 1639; Fellow of Trinity Coll. 1637-45, ejected, Tutor 1640-1; practising medicine at Padua 1647-50, MD Padua 30 Oct 1648 (incorp. Oxford 6 Dec 1652); FRCP 22 Dec 1657, Censor 1664, 1665, 1668, 1670, 1672; d. c. 1679.
Croyden, William, d. 1657
GB-2014-WSA-05607 · Person · d. 1657

CROYDEN, WILLIAM, brother of Thomas Croyden (qv); b.; adm.; KS 1633; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1636, adm. pens. 19 May 1636, scholar 1637; BA 1639/40; MA 1643; Minor Fellow Trin. Coll. 1640, Major Fellow 1641, Tutor 1644-55 [check], a Senior Fellow by order of House of Commons 6 Nov 1645-c. 1651 [check], Senior Bursar 1647-50, Proctor 1647, 1650; will proved PCC 2 Jun 1657 (gentleman, Wilbraham, Cambs. ).
Crozier, Frederick William Francis St.John, 1858-1903
GB-2014-WSA-05608 · Person · 1858-1903

CROZIER, FREDERICK WILLIAM FRANCIS ST. JOHN, son of Rev. James Alexander Crozier, Chaplain to Household Cavalry, and Frances Elizabeth, dau. of William Frederick Chambers (KS 1800, qv); b. 24 Jun 1858; adm. 22 Jan 1874 (James'); left Dec 1874; lived for several years in South Africa; d. unm. 10 Feb 1903.
Cruft, Adrian Franos, 1921-1987
GB-2014-WSA-05610 · Person · 1921-1987

Cruft, Adrian Francis, brother of John Herbert Cruft (qv); b. 10 Feb. 1921: adm. Sept. 1935 (H); left Dec. 1937; Roy. Coll. of Music, Boult Conductmg School. 1938; 2nd Lieut. RA 1944, transf. Beds & Herts Regt 1945; RWA Frontier Force, W. Afnca and India, 1945-6; Sullivan Comp. Prize RCM 1947; 1st prize Roy. Philh. Soc. open competition 1951; Prof. of Harmony and Counterpoint RCM 1962; ARCM 1964, FRCM 1981; member BBC Symphony Orch. 1948-9, Covent Garden Orch. 1949-53, Philharmonia Orch. 1954-62; chairman Composers' Guild of GB 1966; Freeman City of London 1968; Prof. of Orchestration, Guildhall Sch. of Music 1972- 5; composer of over 90 choral, orchestral, solo and chamber music works, including a setting of the Te Deum for Commem. 1964 in the Abbey; m. 1st Joyce Latham, d. of C. Wentworth Elam of Liverpool; 2nd 26 Apr. 1957 Margaret Pamela, d. of W. W. Peters of Lewisham; 3rd 23 Sept. 1975 Jocelyn, d. of W. Ralph Mather of Bodicote, Oxon.; d. 20 Feb. 1987.
Cruft, John Herbert, 1914-2008
GB-2014-WSA-05611 · Person · 1914-2008

Cruft, John Herbert, son of Eugene John Cruft MVO, Prof. Roy. Coll. of Music, of Mitcham, Surrey, and Winifred Frances, d. of Herbert Abels of Barnet, Herts; b. 4 Jan. 1914; adm. Sept. 1927 (H); left Dec. 1930; Roy. Coll. of Music 1931, Katherine Florence Boult Schol. 1932-6; oboist Lond. Philh. and Suisse Romande orchestras 1936-40; Roy. Signals 1940-6 (Capt.); oboist LSO 1946-9, sec. 1949-59; music director Brit. Council 1959-61, drama and music director 1961-5; music director Arts Council of GB 1965-79; FRCM 1961, hon. RAM 1974; author of The Royal College of Music: a Centenary Record 1881-1981, 1983; m. 14 Apr. 1938 Mary Margaret Miriam, d. of Rev. William Patrick Glyn McCormick, Vicar of St Martin-in-the Fields, Chaplain to HM the King; d. 17 May 2008.