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.

CROWE, WILLIAM; b. ; adm. ; KS 1672.

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.

CROWDY, FRANCIS DEMAINBRAY, brother of Ernest Alfred Crowdy (qv); b. 17 Sep 1857; adm. 26 Jan 1871 (James'); QS 1872; left Apr 1876; Oriel Coll. Oxford, matr. 22 Jan 1877; played Association Football against Cambridge 1877, 1880; BA 1881; MA and MB 1885; MD 1889; St. Thomas’s Hospital; MRCS LSA 1885; practised at Torquay; m. 8 Apr 1896 Florence Mary, dau. of John Brewer Saunders, Torquay.

CROWCH, JOHN; b.; adm.; KS; failed to obtain election to either university 1639.

Crow, Colin Arthur, brother of Alwyn Douglas Crow (q.v.); b. June 12, 1896; adm. as K.S. Sept. 23, 1909; elected to Trin. Coll. (with Samwaies) July 1914, matric. Michaelmas 1914; scholar (Mech. Science) 1914; temp. Sub-Lieut. R. N. V. R. (Air Service) July 16, 1915; Lieut. Jan. 30, 1917; Pilot Officer (Training) R.A.F.V.R. March 30, 1941; resigned Nov. 18, 1942; m. March 25, 1948, Alice Garnett.

Crow, Sir Alwyn Douglas, son of John Kent Crow, D.Sc., of Blackheath, Kent, by Ethel Mary, daughter of John Bannister-Sly, of Grove Park, Kent; b. May 10, 1894; adm. as K.S. Sept. 24, 1908; left (with Triplett) July 1913; Queens' Coll. Camb., exhibitioner 1913, matric. Michaelmas 1913; B.A. 1921; M.A. 1924; 2nd Lieut. 4th Batt. East Surrey Regt. Oct. 20, 1914; Lieut. Nov. 28, 1914; Capt. Nov. 12, 1915; served in France April - Sept. 1916, when he was wounded at Delville Wood, Somme, Sept. 15, 1916, and became unfit for further active service; mentioned in despatches; asst. Prof. and Experimental Officer Woolwich 1917-8; Director of Ballistic Research, War Office June 1919-39; O. B. E. June 3, 1918; Sc. D. 1932; Controller of Projectile Development, Ministry of Supply, 1940-5; Head of Technical Services, Brit. Joint Services Mission, Washington, 1946-53; C.B.E. 1937; knighted July 4, 1944; U. S. Medal of Freedom 1948; m. 1st Oct. 20, 1923, Kathleen Christiana, sister of Noel Edgar Barraclough (q.v.); 2nd Oct. 11, 1958, Mrs. Frances Gore Haynes, of Washington, U. S. A.

CROSSE, JOHN, son of Oliver Crosse, Ware, Herts., and Agnes ---; b.; at school (aged 12) 2 Jul 1582 (Chapter Muniments 43050); QS; a contributor to the congratulatory verses by QSS to Queen Elizabeth c. 1586 (Hatfield, Salisbury MSS).

CROSSE, ---; b.; adm.; QS in 1556 (Chapter Muniments 37713).

Cross, Arthur Geoffrey Neale, Baron Cross of Chelsea, son of Arthur George Cross, quantity surveyor, of Chelsea, and Mary Elizabeth Neale, d. of Sir Cornelius Neale Dalton KCMG CB, of Hampstead; b. 1 Dec. 1904; adm. Sept. 1917 (KS); left July 1922; Trin. Coll. Camb., matric. 1922 (open schol.), BA 1925 (1st class hons Classical Tripos pts 1 & 2), MA 1929; Craven Schol. and Student 1925, Harmsworth Law Schol. 1926; Fellow of Trinity 1927; called to the Bar (Mid­dle Temple) Jan. 1930; KC 1949; Bencher Middle Temple 1958; Chancellor of the County Pala­tine of Durham 1959; Kt 1960; Judge of the High Court, Chancery Divn, 1960-9; PC 1969; Lord Justice of Appeal 1969-71; Lord of Appeal in Ordinary 1971-5; cr. Law Life Peer 1971; a Governor of the school 1955-61; author (with G. R. Y. Radcliffe (qv)) of The English Legal System, 6th ed. pub. 1977; m. 23 Feb. 1952 Mildred Joan, d. of Maj. Theodore Eardley-Wilmot DSO, and widow of Thomas Walton Davies; d. 4 Aug. 1989.