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Major Sir John Archibald Radcliffe Croft, 5th Baronet

Male 1910 - 1990  (79 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Major Sir John Archibald Radcliffe Croft, 5th Baronet was born on 27 March 1910 (son of Tom Radcliffe Croft and Louise Sales); died in 1990.

    Other Events:

    • Military Service: Major, West Yorkshire Regiment (Prince of Wales's Own)
    • Hereditary Title: From 1979 to 1990; 5th Baron da Serra da Estrella [Portugal]
    • Hereditary Title: From 1979 to 1990; 5th Baronet, of Cowling Hall in the County of York [U.K., 1818]

    Notes:

    Military Service:
    He fought in the Second World War, during which he was twice wounded.

    John married Lucy Elizabeth Jupp on 26 Sept. 1953. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. Sir Thomas Stephen Hutton Croft, 6th Baronet was born on 12 June 1959.

Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Tom Radcliffe Croft was born in 1878 (son of Sir John Frederick Croft, 2nd Baronet and Emma Graham); died on 21 March 1964.

    Other Events:

    • Decoration: Officer of the Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)

    Tom married Louise Sales on 15 July 1909. Louise (daughter of Francis Sales) died on 9 April 1964. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Louise Sales (daughter of Francis Sales); died on 9 April 1964.
    Children:
    1. 1. Major Sir John Archibald Radcliffe Croft, 5th Baronet was born on 27 March 1910; died in 1990.
    2. Rosalind Editha Louise Croft was born on 2 Oct. 1914; died on 4 Jan. 1991.
    3. Lieut. Cyril Bernard Croft was born on 6 June 1918.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Sir John Frederick Croft, 2nd Baronet was born on 31 Aug. 1828 (son of Sir John Croft, 1st Baronet and Anne Knox Radcliffe); died on 24 May 1904.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: Doddington Place, Doddington, Kent, England
    • Residence: Cowling Hall, Yorkshire, England
    • Hereditary Title: From 5 Feb. 1862 to 24 May 1904; 2nd Baron da Serra da Estrella [Portugal]
    • Hereditary Title: From 5 Feb. 1862 to 24 May 1904; 2nd Baronet, of Cowling Hall in the County of York [U.K., 1818]

    John married Emma Graham on 4 June 1856. Emma (daughter of John Graham) died on 28 April 1919. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Emma Graham (daughter of John Graham); died on 28 April 1919.
    Children:
    1. John Radcliffe Croft was born on 4 April 1857; died on 1 June 1903.
    2. Sir Frederick Leigh Croft, 3rd Baronet was born on 14 Feb. 1860; died on 31 March 1930.
    3. Francis Edgar Croft was born on 19 Oct. 1861; died on 18 June 1910.
    4. William Graham Croft was born on 26 Dec. 1862; died on 6 July 1928.
    5. Percy Hutton Croft was born on 27 Oct. 1872; died on 14 Feb. 1935.
    6. 2. Tom Radcliffe Croft was born in 1878; died on 21 March 1964.
    7. Elizabeth Graham Croft died on 14 Feb. 1862.
    8. Constance Margaret Graham Croft
    9. Gertrude Mary Croft
    10. Elinor Violet Croft
    11. Ethel Mary Croft

  3. 6.  Francis Sales

    Other Events:

    • Residence: Charlton, Kent, England

    Children:
    1. 3. Louise Sales died on 9 April 1964.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  Sir John Croft, 1st Baronet was born on 21 March 1778 in Oporto, Portugal (son of John Croft and Henrietta Maria Tunstall); died on 5 Feb. 1862.

    Other Events:

    • Decoration: Fellow of the Royal Society (F.R.S.)
    • Decoration: Knight Commander of the Portuguese Order of the Tower and Sword
    • Degree: Doctor of Civil Law (D.C.L.)
    • Hereditary Title: 1st Baron Serra da Estrella [Portugal]
    • Office: Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) for Kent
    • Office: Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Kent
    • Residence: Doddington Place, Doddington, Kent, England
    • Residence: Cowling Hall, Yorkshire, England
    • Occupation: 19 May 1803; Esquire to the Right Honourable Sir Joseph Banks K.B. at his Installation
    • Hereditary Title: 17 Dec. 1818; 1st Baronet, of Cowling Hall in the County of York [U.K., 1818]

    Notes:

    "He did good service during the Peninsula war in Portugal and Spain, by procuring information for the Duke of Wellington, and in distributing the British Parliamentary grant of £100,000 for the relief of the Portuguese."

    "In 1803 Sir John was appointed by the Right Hon. Sir Joseph Banks, then president of the Royal Society, one of his esquires at his installation as a K.B."

    John married Anne Knox Radcliffe on 24 July 1827. Anne (daughter of Rev. John Radcliffe) died on 5 March 1887. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Anne Knox Radcliffe (daughter of Rev. John Radcliffe); died on 5 March 1887.
    Children:
    1. 4. Sir John Frederick Croft, 2nd Baronet was born on 31 Aug. 1828; died on 24 May 1904.
    2. Marianne Radcliffe Croft was born on 6 April 1832.

  3. 10.  John Graham

    Other Events:

    • Residence: Skelmorlie Castle, Skelmorlie, Ayrshire, Scotland

    Children:
    1. 5. Emma Graham died on 28 April 1919.


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