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Croft, Baron (UK, 1940)

Creation: let. pat. 28 May 1940

Family name: Croft

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Arms:

Quarterly per fess indented Azure and Argent in the first quarter a Lion passant guardant Or

Crests:

1st:  a Lion passant guardant Argent;  2nd:  a Wyvern Sable vulned in the side Gules

Supporters:

Dexter:  a Lion rampant quarterly per fess indented Azure and Argent;  Sinister: a Wyvern Sable vulned in the side Gules

Motto:

Esse Quam Videri (To be rather than to seem)

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Henry Page [Croft], 1st Baron Croft, CMG PC

2nd son of Richard Benyon Croft RN, of Fanhams Hall, Ware, co. Hertford, by his wife Anne Elizabeth Page, dau. and hrss. of Henry Page, of Ware, co. Hertford

born

22 Jun 1881

mar.

10 Jul 1907 Hon Nancy Beatrice Borwick (d. 24 Jan 1949), 7th dau. of Robert Hudson [Borwick], 1st Baron Borwick, by his wife Caroline Smith Johnston, 6th dau. of Rev Richard Daniel Johnston, of Kurnool, Madras, India

died

7 Dec 1947

created

28 Feb 1924 a Baronet of the United Kingdom, styled "of Knole"

28 May 1940 Baron Croft, of Bournemouth in the County of Southampton

suc. by

son

Michael Henry Glendower Page [Croft], 2nd Baron Croft

born

20 Aug 1916

mar.

30 Oct 1948 Lady Antoinette Fredericka Hersey Cecilia Conyngham (d. 15 Jun 1959), only dau. of Frederick William Burton [Conyngham], 6th Marquess Conyngham, by his second wife Antoinette Winifred Custance, 1st dau. of John William Howard Thompson, of Bratton House, Wincanton, co. Somerset

died

11 Jan 1997

suc. by

son

Bernard William Henry Page [Croft], 3rd Baron Croft

born

28 Aug 1949

mar.

1993 Mary Elizabeth Richardson, dau. of James Richardson, of co. Tyrone, Northern Ireland

There is no heir to the Barony of Croft.

 Last updated 26 Oct 2003

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Titles:

3rd Baron Croft, of Bournemouth in the County of Southampton

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 28 May 1940)

3rd Baronet, styled "of Knole"

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 28 Feb 1924)

Addresses:

Croft Castle, Kingsland, Herefordshire HR6 9PW

5 Comeragh Mews, Comeragh Road, London W14 9HW

Website for Croft Castle:

www.ntrustsevern.org.uk/croft.htm

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