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.

Crook, Thomas Ralph, son of Ralph Crook of Sidcup, Kent, and Kate La Beata, d. of Thomas Wilkins of Swindon, Wilts; b. 24 May 1913; adm. Sept. 1927 (H), KS Sept. 1927; left July 1932; Ch. Ch. Oxf., matric. 1932, BA 1937, MA 1964; secretariat Bengal Chamber of Commerce, Calcutta, 1937-42; Madras Regt IA 1942, GSO2 GHQ India; SEAC Burma 1944, GSOI XIV Army; returned Calcutta 1946; Delhi adviser to Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry, Calcutta, 1963, Sec. Gen. 1967; retd 1970 and returned to England; m. 7 Oct. 1948 Joan Ruby Allum, teacher, d. of Ernest John Allum RN; d. 1 June 1999.

CROOKE, JOHN, brother of Samuel Crooke (qv); b.; adm. (aged 9) Oct 1752 (Watts'); Min. Can. 1756; KS 1757; living 1764.

CROONE, HENRY, son of Henry Croone, London, wine merchant (for father’s occupation see Busby’s Account Book 27 Apr 1664), and Anne, dau. of Richard Hiller, Beddington, Surrey; b.; adm.; KS 1637; elected head to Christ Church, Oxford 1640, matr. 3 Jul 1640, aged 17, Westminster Student to ejection 1648, restored 1660; BA 1644; MA 23 Jan 1646/7; Faculty Student, Ch. Ch., 1662-7, 1679-81, void on marriage; adm. Middle Temple (as Croome) 8 Nov 1641; Judge Advocate of the Fleet 29 Jul 1680 - 23 May 1689; lic. to m. 27 Jun 1681 Catherine, widow successively of Rev. John Doughty DD, Prebendary of Westminster, and of Sir Thomas Heath, Kt., Stoke, near Guildford, Surrey; buried Cloisters, Westminster Abbey 14 Jun 1689.

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.

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

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).

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.

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.

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