Croft Baronets
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The Croft Baronetcy, of Croft Castle in the County of Hereford, is a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created in 1671 for Herbert Croft, who later represented Herefordshire in Parliament. He was a member of a prominent Herefordshire family of Norman descent. The former seat of the family was Croft Castle in Herefordshire.
Another member of the Croft family was Henry Page Croft, 1st Baron Croft. He was the grandson of Reverend Richard Croft, third son of the sixth Baronet. Before being raised to the peerage in 1940, he had been created a Baronet, of Bournemouth in the County of Southampton.
[edit] Croft Baronets, of Croft Castle (1671)
- Sir Herbert Croft, st 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)
- 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, 12th Baronet (1874-1954)
- Sir Bernard Hugh Denman Croft, 13th Baronet (1903-1984)
- Sir Owen Glendower Croft, 14th Baronet (b. 1932)
[edit] Croft Baronets, of Bournemouth (1924)
- See the Baron Croft
[edit] References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990.
- Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page
