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Sir John Croft, 1st Baronet

Male 1778 - 1862  (83 years)


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  1. 1.  Sir John Croft, 1st Baronet was born on 21 March 1778 in Oporto, Portugal; 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 Amelia Elizabeth Warre in Aug. 1816. Amelia (daughter of James Warre) died on 20 Oct. 1819. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Harrietta Maria Eleanor Croft  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 June 1817.
    2. 3. Elizabeth Anne Croft  Descendancy chart to this point died on 28 March 1910.

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

    Children:
    1. 4. Sir John Frederick Croft, 2nd Baronet  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 31 Aug. 1828; died on 24 May 1904.
    2. 5. Marianne Radcliffe Croft  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 April 1832.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Harrietta Maria Eleanor Croft Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born on 15 June 1817.

  2. 3.  Elizabeth Anne Croft Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) died on 28 March 1910.

    Elizabeth married Sir Harry Stephen Thompson, 1st Baronet on 26 Aug. 1843. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 4.  Sir John Frederick Croft, 2nd Baronet Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born on 31 Aug. 1828; 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]

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

  4. 5.  Marianne Radcliffe Croft Descendancy chart to this point (1.John1) was born on 6 April 1832.


Generation: 3

  1. 6.  John Radcliffe Croft Descendancy chart to this point (4.John2, 1.John1) was born on 4 April 1857; died on 1 June 1903.

    Notes:

    Died:
    He died unmarried within the lifetime of his father.


  2. 7.  Sir Frederick Leigh Croft, 3rd Baronet Descendancy chart to this point (4.John2, 1.John1) was born on 14 Feb. 1860; died on 31 March 1930.

    Other Events:

    • Hereditary Title: From 24 May 1904 to 31 March 1930; 3rd Baron da Serra da Estrella [Portugal]
    • Hereditary Title: From 24 May 1904 to 31 March 1930; 3rd Baronet, of Cowling Hall in the County of York [U.K., 1818]

    Notes:

    Died:
    He died unmarried.


  3. 8.  Francis Edgar Croft Descendancy chart to this point (4.John2, 1.John1) was born on 19 Oct. 1861; died on 18 June 1910.

    Francis married Zoë Bromley in 1891. Zoë died on 29 June 1948. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 17. Lilian Mary Croft  Descendancy chart to this point died in 1965.
    2. 18. Cynthia Croft  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 19. Eleanor Croft  Descendancy chart to this point died on 12 April 1958 in The General Hospital, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.

  4. 9.  William Graham Croft Descendancy chart to this point (4.John2, 1.John1) was born on 26 Dec. 1862; died on 6 July 1928.

    William married Marjorie Hall on 23 June 1909. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 20. Lieut. Sir John William Graham Croft, 4th Baronet  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 30 May 1910; died in 1979.
    2. 21. Captain William Noble Croft  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 9 Oct. 1915; died on 10 July 1953.

  5. 10.  Percy Hutton Croft Descendancy chart to this point (4.John2, 1.John1) was born on 27 Oct. 1872; died on 14 Feb. 1935.

  6. 11.  Tom Radcliffe Croft Descendancy chart to this point (4.John2, 1.John1) was born in 1878; 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]

    Children:
    1. 22. Major Sir John Archibald Radcliffe Croft, 5th Baronet  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 March 1910; died in 1990.
    2. 23. Rosalind Editha Louise Croft  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 2 Oct. 1914; died on 4 Jan. 1991.
    3. 24. Lieut. Cyril Bernard Croft  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 June 1918.

  7. 12.  Elizabeth Graham Croft Descendancy chart to this point (4.John2, 1.John1) died on 14 Feb. 1862.

  8. 13.  Constance Margaret Graham Croft Descendancy chart to this point (4.John2, 1.John1)

  9. 14.  Gertrude Mary Croft Descendancy chart to this point (4.John2, 1.John1)

  10. 15.  Elinor Violet Croft Descendancy chart to this point (4.John2, 1.John1)

  11. 16.  Ethel Mary Croft Descendancy chart to this point (4.John2, 1.John1)


Generation: 4

  1. 17.  Lilian Mary Croft Descendancy chart to this point (8.Francis3, 4.John2, 1.John1) died in 1965.

    Lilian married Captain Nigel Graham on 28 Jan. 1915, and was divorced in 1939. Nigel died on 25 Nov. 1976. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 18.  Cynthia Croft Descendancy chart to this point (8.Francis3, 4.John2, 1.John1)

    Cynthia married Wilfrid Holland on 7 Oct. 1916. Wilfrid (son of Sir Arthur Holland) died in 1945. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  3. 19.  Eleanor Croft Descendancy chart to this point (8.Francis3, 4.John2, 1.John1) died on 12 April 1958 in The General Hospital, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England.

    Other Events:

    • Residence: 1958, 26, New Street, Salisbury, Wiltshire, England
    • Probate: 8 Aug. 1958, London, Middlesex, England; Granted to Nicholas Lister Villiers estate agent and Stephen Hyde Villiers engineer (Effects £9628 15s. 6d.)

    Family/Spouse: Cdr. Thomas Hyde Villiers. Thomas was born on 15 Jan. 1902; died on 31 Oct. 1955 in The Lawns, Nightingales Lane, Chalfont St. Giles, Buckinghamshire, England. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 25. Lieut. Nicholas Lister Villiers  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 May 1926; died on 24 July 1984.
    2. 26. Stephen Hyde Villiers  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 15 May 1931; died on 21 Sept. 2000.

  4. 20.  Lieut. Sir John William Graham Croft, 4th Baronet Descendancy chart to this point (9.William3, 4.John2, 1.John1) was born on 30 May 1910; died in 1979.

    Other Events:

    • Education: Stowe, Buckinghamshire, England; Stowe School
    • Military Service: Lieutenant, Royal Artillery
    • Hereditary Title: From 31 March 1930 to 1979; 4th Baron da Serra da Estrella [Portugal]
    • Hereditary Title: From 31 March 1930 to 1979; 4th Baronet, of Cowling Hall in the County of York [U.K., 1818]


  5. 21.  Captain William Noble Croft Descendancy chart to this point (9.William3, 4.John2, 1.John1) was born on 9 Oct. 1915; died on 10 July 1953.

    Other Events:

    • Military Service: Captain, Royal Engineers

    Notes:

    Died:
    He died unmarried.


  6. 22.  Major Sir John Archibald Radcliffe Croft, 5th Baronet Descendancy chart to this point (11.Tom3, 4.John2, 1.John1) was born on 27 March 1910; 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. 27. Sir Thomas Stephen Hutton Croft, 6th Baronet  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 June 1959.

  7. 23.  Rosalind Editha Louise Croft Descendancy chart to this point (11.Tom3, 4.John2, 1.John1) was born on 2 Oct. 1914; died on 4 Jan. 1991.

  8. 24.  Lieut. Cyril Bernard Croft Descendancy chart to this point (11.Tom3, 4.John2, 1.John1) was born on 6 June 1918.

    Other Events:

    • Military Service: Lieutenant, The Buffs
    • Residence: 2003, Rayham Meadow, Whitstable, Kent, England

    Cyril married Sheila Maisie Cox on 18 Sept. 1957. Sheila (daughter of Henry Clark Cox) died in 1979. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 28. Diana Louise Croft  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 29 Jan. 1959.
    2. 29. Wendy Jane Croft  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 June 1961.

    Cyril married Anne Heather Newbatt Bessant in 1980. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



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