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There have been three baronetcies created for persons with the surname Croft , one in the Baronetage of England and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom . All three creations are extant as of 2008.

The Croft Baronetcy , of Croft Castle in the County of Hereford, was created in the Baronetage of England on 18 November 1671 for Herbert Croft , who later represented Herefordshire in Parliament. ^[2] He was a member of a prominent Herefordshire family of Norman descent. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Leominster , Winchelsea and Bere Alston . The fifth Baronet was an author. The ninth Baronet represented Herefordshire in the House of Commons . The former seat of the family was Croft Castle in Herefordshire .

The Croft Baronetcy , of Cowling Hall in the County of York, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 17 December 1818 for John Croft , in honour of his services during the Peninsular War . He shared a common ancestry with the Croft Baronets of Croft Castle.

The Croft Baronetcy , of Bournemouth in the County of Southampton was created ^[3] in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 28 February 1924 for Henry Croft . He was the grandson of Reverend Richard Croft, third son of the sixth Baronet of the 1671 creation. In 1940 he was elevated to the peerage as Baron Croft . For more information on this creation, see this title.

Croft baronets, of Croft Castle (1671) [ edit ]

• Sir Herbert Croft, 1st Baronet ( c.  1652 ?1720)
• Sir Archer Croft, 2nd Baronet (1684?1753)
• Sir Archer Croft, 3rd Baronet (1731?1792)
• Sir John Croft, 4th Baronet (c. 1735?1797)
• Sir Herbert Croft, 5th Baronet (1751?1816)
• Dr. Sir Richard Croft, 6th Baronet (1762?1818)
• Sir Thomas Elmsley Croft, 7th Baronet (1798?1835)
• Sir Archer Denman Croft, 8th Baronet (1801?1865)
• Sir Herbert George Denman Croft, 9th Baronet (1838?1902)
• Sir Herbert Archer Croft, 10th Baronet (1868?1915)
• Sir James Herbert Croft, 11th Baronet (1907?1941)
• Sir Hugh Matthew Fiennes Croft, ^[4] 12th Baronet (1874?1954)
• Sir Bernard Hugh Denman Croft, 13th Baronet ^[5] (1903?1984)
• Sir Owen Glendower Croft, ^[6] 14th Baronet (born 1932)

The heir apparent to the baronetcy is Thomas Jasper Croft ^[7] (born 1962), only son of the 14th Baronet.

Croft baronets, of Cowling Hall (1818) [ edit ]

• Sir John Croft, 1st Baronet (died 1862)
• Sir John Frederick Croft, 2nd Baronet (1828?1904)
• Sir Frederick Leigh Croft, 3rd Baronet (1860?1930)
• Sir John William Graham Croft, 4th Baronet (1910?1979)
• Sir John Archibald Radcliffe Croft, 5th Baronet (1910?1990)
• Sir Thomas Stephen Hutton Croft, 6th Baronet (born 1959)

There is no heir to the title. ^[8]

Croft baronets, of Bournemouth (1924) [ edit ]

• see the Baron Croft

References [ edit ]

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets

Citations [ edit ]