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 CROFT. 153 (6) Cicely Anne, fl. 31 Jlarch, 1871. (7) Emily Harriet Smith, rl. 8 Dec. 1878, liaving m. 26 Oct. 1876, to Joseph Charles Smijth- Windham, major R.A. (Smijth — Baht.) (8) Sarah Anna Maria Gore. (9) Lucy Eugenie Bowyer. (10) Rosalie Julia, d. 26 Sept. 1880. (11) Agues Catherine Vien'ille. Harpue- Crewe — see Haepur. CEOFT, Sir Her- bert George Denman, of Croft Castle, CO. Hereford J.P. D.L. (1G71,E.), M.P. Herefords. 18G8/7i, m.a. Oxon. bar.-at-law i.t. 18(51, a revising barris- ter, formerly lieut. Here- fords. mil.; s. his father as 9th Baronet in 18G5 ; b. 25 July, 1838 ; m. 10 Jan. 1865, his cousin, Georgiaua Eliza Lucy, eldest dau. and co- heir of late Matthew Marsh, Esq. of Ram- ridge House, Hants, (—bar.-at-law i.t. 1836, m.l.c. New South Wales, m.p. Salisbury 1857/68 — Brodie), and has 5 sons and 3 da as. (1) Herbert Ai-cher, b. 5 SeDt. 1868. (2) Bernard Harley, b. 23 July, 1871. (3) Hugh Matthew Fiennes, b. 10 May, 1874. (4) William Denman, b. 15 Mar. 1879. (5) Owen George Scudamore, b. 14 May, 1880. (6) Janet Georgiana. (7) Sybil Helen. (8) Lucy Barbara. Arms — Quarterly per fesse indented az, and arg, in the first quarter a lion passant guardant or. Crest — A wyvern sa. vulned gu. Motto — Esse quam videri. SEAT — Lugwardiue Com-t, Hereford. Hineage. This is one of the few families of Saxon origin in which the property descended from father to son for more than seven hundred years, and in Domesday Book, Bernard de Croft held the Croft estate in Herefordshire, which was sold about the year 1760. During seven centuries, from 1297 to 1874, members of the Croft family liave represented the county of Hereford or the borough of Leominster in Parliament. SIR RICHARD CROFT (descended from Sir Hugh de Croft, lord of Croft, K.B. 33 EDWARD I. knight of the shire co. Hereford, 1315), a zealous Yorkist, at the battle of Tewkesbm-y took the Prince of Wales prisoner, sheriff co. Hereford lOtli, and knight of the shire 17 EDWARD IV. treasm-er of the King's household, hon. knight banneret at Stoke 1487, steward of the household to Prince Arthur 1502, and d. 1509. His great-gi-andson , SIR JAMES CROFT, governor of Haddington and lord deputy of Ireland 1551, deputy constable of the tower 1552, governor of Berwick 1659, comptroller of the household and P.c. 1570, knight of the shu-e co. Hereford 5, 13, 28, 29, 30, and 35 Elizabeth, &c. &c.; died 1591. His grandson, SIR HERBERT CROFT (son of Edward, M.P. Leominster 1571 and 1586), M.P. co. Hereford, temp. Q. ELIZABETH and James I., knighted at Theobalds 1603, became a lay brother at Douay, and died there 10 April, 1622, having m. Mary, dau. and sole heir of Sir Ajithouy Bourne, of Holt Castle, co. Wore, and had 3 sons, (1) Sir William, knighted by CHARLES I. col. in the royal army, killed at Croft Castle, Hereford, aft«r the capture" of Stokesay Castle, Salop, 9 June, 1645. (2) Sir James, col. in the royal army, d. 1659. (3) Herbert, of Christ Church, Oxon. B.D. rector of Harding, Oxon. prebendary of Salisbury Cathedral 1639, D.D. chaplain in ordinary to the king, prebendary of Worcester 1640, canon of Windsor 1641 ; dean of Hereford 1644; at the Restoration he was restored in his preferments and promoted to the see of Here- ford 2 Dec. 1661, dean of the Chapel Royal 1C67/9; born at Great Milton, Oxon. 18 Oct. 1C03, and died at his palace at Hereford, 1 8 May, 1691; m. Anne, dau. of Very Rev. Jonathan Browne, D.D. dean of Hereford, and had a son, SIR HERBERT CROFT, created a Baroxet 18 Nov. 1671, M.P. CO. Hereford 1678; d. 3 Nov. 1720, having m. Eliza- beth, dau. of Tliomas Archer, of Umberslade, co. Wai'wick, and aunt of Thomas, 1st Lord Archer; she d. 1709. His great- grandson, SIR RICHARD CROFT, 6th Baronet (on the death of his brother Sir Herbert in 1816), M.D.; b. 9 Jan. 1762; d. 13 Feb. 1818, having m. 3 Nov. 1789, Margaret, dau. of Thomas Denman, M.D. and sister of Thomas, 1st Lord Denman ; she d. 24 Sept. 1847, having had 3 sons and a dau. (1) Sir Thomas Elmsley, 7th Baronet, F.s.A. b. 2 Sept. 1798; d. 29 Oct. 1835, having m. 9 Sept. 1824, Sophia Jane Lateward, only child of Richard Lateward-Lateward, Esq. of Grove House, Middx (she re-m. 7 Nov. 1835, Col. William Lyster), and had an only dau. Grace, m. 5 Mar. 1846, to Capt. Edward Murray, 3rd Middx. militia, and has 3 sons, Edward Croft Murray, 9th regt. — Denman, 6th regt. — Bernard. (2) Sir Archer Denman, s. as 8th Baronet. (3) Richard, vicar of HilUugdon, Middx. b. 22 Aug. 1808 ; d. 17 Feb. 1869, having m. 1st— 15 Oct. 1839, Charlotte Leonora, dau. of Lieut.-Col. Robert Russell (BART.), E.I.C.S.; she d. 9 Nov. 1854. He m. 2ndly, — 1856, Louisa, dau. of Samuel Holland, Esq. of Dumbleton, co. Gloucester. By his 1st wife lie had 2 sons, [1] Richard Benyon, of Fanham HaU, Herts. J.P. lieut. late R.N. hon. major Herts, yeo. cav. 1881; b. 9 July, 1843 ; m. 22 Sept. 1869, Ann Elizabeth, dau. of Henry Page, Esq. of Ware, Herts, and has 2 sons and 5 dans. Richard Page Croft, b. 4 Nov. 1872. — Henry Page, b. 22 June, 1881. — Joyce. — Maud. — Ann Page. — Helen. — Violet. [2] Thomas Denman, vicar of Kimpton, Herts, b. 2 Mar. 1845, unm. (4) Frances Elizabeth, d. Aug. 1877, having m. 19 Sept, 1822, to Louis Adolphe Marie de Chanteau, K.L.H. who d. 1859, having had a dau. — Louisa Elizabeth. SIR ARCHER DENMAN, 8th Baronet; b. 7 Dec. 1801; d.lO Jan. 1865, having m. 31 Aug. 1837, Julia Barbara, youngest dau. of Major-General John Garstiu, E.I.C.S. and widow of Athelstan Corbet, Esq. of Ynys-y-Maengwj-n, co. Merioneth; she d. 17 Nov. 1864, having had a son and dau. (1) Sir Herbert George Denman, 9th and present Baronet. (2) Julia Helen, m. 14 June, 1866, to Rev. Athelstan Corbet, M.A. of Adderley, Salop (Bart.) CROFT, Sir John Frederick, of Codington Place, Kent (1818, U.K.), j.p. sheriff 1872 ; s. his father as 2nd Baronet in 1862 ; b. 31 Aug. 1 828 ; m. 4 June, 1856, Emma, dau. of John Graham, Esq. of Skelmorlie Castle, Ayrshire, and has had Tvith other issue 5 sons and 6 daus. (1) John RadcUffe, b. 3 April, 1857. (2) Frederick Leigh, b. 14 Feb. 1860. (3) Francis Edgar, b. 19 Oct. 1861.