Sir John Croft, 1st Baronet

1778 - 1862  (83 years)

• Name	John Croft  [1, 2, 3]
  Prefix	Sir
  Suffix	1st Baronet
  Born	21 March 1778	Oporto, Portugal   [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Decoration	Fellow of the Royal Society (F.R.S.)  [1]
  Decoration	Knight Commander of the Portuguese Order of the Tower and Sword  [1]
  Degree	Doctor of Civil Law (D.C.L.)  [1]
  Hereditary Title	1st Baron Serra da Estrella [Portugal]  [3]
  Occupation	19 May 1803  [2]
  	Esquire to the Right Honourable Sir Joseph Banks K.B. at his Installation
  Hereditary Title	17 Dec. 1818  [1, 3]
  	1st Baronet, of Cowling Hall in the County of York [U.K., 1818]
  Office	Deputy Lieutenant (D.L.) for Kent  [1]
  Office	Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Kent  [1]
  Residence	Doddington Place, Doddington, Kent, England   [1]
  Residence	Cowling Hall, Yorkshire, England   [1]
  Died	5 Feb. 1862  [1]
  Person ID	I2044	British Peerage & Gentry
  Last Modified	14 Feb. 2021

  
  

  Father	John Croft,   d. 11 Feb. 1805
  Mother	Henrietta Maria Tunstall,   d. After 1803
  Married	14 June 1775  [2, 3]
  Family ID	F1068	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Amelia Elizabeth Warre,   d. 20 Oct. 1819
  Married	Aug. 1816  [1]
  Children	1. Harrietta Maria Eleanor Croft,   b. 15 June 1817   2. Elizabeth Anne Croft,   d. 28 March 1910
  Last Modified	14 April 2019
  Family ID	F1082	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 2	Anne Knox Radcliffe,   d. 5 March 1887
  Married	24 July 1827  [1, 3]
  Children	+ 1. Sir John Frederick Croft, 2nd Baronet,   b. 31 Aug. 1828,   d. 24 May 1904  (Age 75 years)   2. Marianne Radcliffe Croft,   b. 6 April 1832
  Last Modified	14 April 2019
  Family ID	F1085	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• 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." [1] "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." [1]

  
  

• Sources

  [S46] Pedigrees of the County Families of Yorkshire, Joseph Foster, (London, 1874), volume 1, Pedigree of Croft, of Stillington Park. [S40] College of Arms MS. Norfolk 2, page 74. [S2] BP 2003, Charles Mosley (ed.), (Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd., 2003), volume 1, page 965.