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Authorised form of nameCroft; Sir; John (1778 - 1862)
Dates1778 - 1862
Date of birth21 March 1778
Date of death05 February 1862
ActivityCareer:
Esquire to Sir Joseph Banks at his installation as Knight of the Order of the Bath (1803); Portuguese Commissioner; Knight of the Tower and Sword, and Baron de Serra da Estrella, Portugal; Charge d'affaires, Lisbon (1815)
Honours:
Bt 1818
Membership categoryFellow
Date of election05/03/1818
RelationshipsMarried 1) (1 August 1816) Amelia Elizabeth, daughter of James Warre (died 1819); 2) (24 July 1827) Anne Knox, daughter of Rev John Radcliffe, Rector of Limehouse; 1st Baronet of Didington, Kent
SourceSources:
Bulloch's Roll
CodeNA7457
Archives associated with this Fellow
RefNoTitleDate
EC/1817/26Croft, Sir John: certificate of election to the Royal Society
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