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CRAWFURD, ANDREW. _b._ St. John’s hill, Lochwinnoch, Renfrewshire;
ed. at Univ. of Glasgow, M.D. 1813; surgeon at Rothesay, Isle of
Bute; professor of natural philosophy in the Dollar Institution a
short time; author of a voluminous Eik or Supplement to John
Jamieson’s _Etymological dictionary of the Scottish language 2
vols._ 1840, and of a supplement of 80 pages dated 1853 to _The
Laird of Logan_ 1841; collected 44 quarto manuscript volumes
relating to Renfrewshire. _d._ St. John’s hill, Lochwinnoch 27
Dec. 1854 aged 67.

CRAWFURD, JOHN (_son of Mr. Crawfurd of Islay, Hebrides islands,
surgeon_). _b._ Islay 13 Aug. 1783; assistant surgeon H.E.I. Co.
1803; filled some of chief civil and political posts in Java
1811–17; envoy to courts of Siam and Cochin China 1821–23;
governor of Singapore 1823–26; comr. to Pegu 1826; made a
collection of fossil mastodon and other animals which were
described by Buckland and Clift; sent on a mission to court of Ava
1827; F.R.S. 7 May 1818; contested Glasgow, Dec. 1832, Paisley,
March 1834 and Sterling, Jany. 1835; pres. of Ethnological Soc.
1861, contributed 38 papers to the Journal 1861–68; author of
_History of the Indian Archipelago 3 vols._ 1820; _Journal of an
embassy to Ava_ 1828; _A grammar and dictionary of the Malay
language 2 vols._ 1852; _A descriptive dictionary of the Indian
islands and adjacent countries_ 1856. _d._ Elvaston place, South
Kensington, London 11 May 1868. _Journal of Royal Geographical
Soc. xxxviii, pp. cxlviii-clii_, (1868).

CRAWLEY, GEORGE BADEN (_2 son of George Abraham Crawley of London,
solicitor 1795–1862_). _b._ 4 Sep. 1833; ed. at Harrow, was in
cricket eleven; one of the best tennis players; a railway
contractor; planned and carried out two railways in Belgium, two
railways in Spain, a railway from Vera Cruz to Mexico and a
railway of nearly 300 miles from Tiflis to Poti; his last work was
a railway from Ploesti in Roumania to Cronstadt in Hungary but
this was interrupted by the war 1878; accidentally killed on board
a steamer off Progreso coast of Mexico 23 Nov. 1879. _bur._
Highgate cemetery, London 1 Jany. 1880.

CRAWLEY, PETER. _b._ Newington Green 5 Dec. 1799; fought Richard
Acton for £50 at Blindlow heath 6 May 1823 when Crawley won after
13 rounds; fought James Ward for £200 at Royston heath 2 Jany.
1827 when Crawley won in 26 minutes; landlord of Queen’s head and
French horn, Duke st. West Smithfield, London 1827 to death. _d._
at his house 12 March 1865. _Miles’s Pugilistica ii_, 233–47
(1880), _portrait_; _Illust. sporting news iii_, 37 (1864),
_portrait_.

CRAWLEY, THOMAS ROBERT. _b._ 30 April 1818; ensign 45 foot 19 Dec.
1834; lieut. col. 15 dragoons 23 Sep. 1859 to 18 Sep. 1860; lieut.
col. 6 dragoons 18 Sep. 1860 to 2 Dec. 1868 when placed on h.p.;
M.G. 6 Feb. 1870; tried by a court martial at Aldershot 17 Nov. to
23 Dec. 1863 for falsely arresting Sergeant Lilley at Mhow in
Hindustan, who died from effects of treatment he suffered after a
month’s close confinement, honourably acquitted 23 Dec. 1863, the
trial formed subject of several inquiries in House of Commons 1864
it cost the country £18,378 17s. 6d. _d._ 9 York terrace, Regent’s
park, London 2 July 1880. _British quarterly Review xxxix_,
389–408 (1864); _Annual Register_ (1863) 312–28; _Illust. Times 28
Nov. 1863 p._ 345, _portrait_.

CRAWSHAY, ROBERT THOMPSON (_youngest son of the succeeding_). _b._
Cyfarthfa ironworks near Merthyr Tydvil 8 March 1817; manager of
the ironworks; head of the business 1867; known as the ‘iron king
of Wales.’ _d._ Queen’s hotel, Cheltenham 10 May 1879, personalty
sworn under £1,200,000, 21 June. _Practical Mag._ (1873) 81–4,
_portrait_; _Journal of iron and steel instit._ (1879) 328–30.

CRAWSHAY, WILLIAM (_eld. son of Wm. Crawshay of Stoke Newington,
Middlesex_). _b._ 1788; sole proprietor of Cyfarthfa ironworks;
had 10 mines in active work turning out iron ore, 9 shafts and
collieries, a domain with a railway 6 miles long and large estates
in Berks and Gloucestershire; sheriff of Glamorganshire 1822. _d._
Caversham park, Reading 4 Aug. 1867, personalty sworn under
£2,000,000, 7 Sep. _Red Dragon v_, 289–92 (1884), _portrait_;
_G.M. Sep. 1867 pp._ 393–95.

CREAGH, JAMES. Ensign 86 foot 1 Jany. 1810, lieut. col. 30 April
1852 to 24 Jany. 1860; L.G. 26 Jany. 1874; colonel 34 foot 7 Oct.
1874 to death. _d._ 16 St. Stephen’s road, Westbourne park, London
1 Aug. 1875.

CREAGH, JASPER BYNG. Ensign 81 foot 9 April 1825, captain 5 Oct.
1832 to 5 Sep. 1834; captain 54 foot 20 Sep. 1839 to 12 Dec. 1843
when placed on h.p.; served with British auxiliary legion in north
of Spain 1836–37; L.G. 1 Oct. 1877. _d._ Richmond road, Bayswater,
London 9 March 1881 in 68 year.

CREAGH, SIR MICHAEL (_5 son of John Creagh of Limerick_). _b._ 1788;
ensign 86 foot 9 May 1802, major 24 Oct. 1821 to 31 Dec. 1830 when
placed on h.p.; lieut. col. 86 foot 24 Feb. 1832 to 7 Jany. 1842;
lieut. col. 11 foot 7 Jany. 1842 to 27 June 1845; M.G. 20 June
1854; col. 73 foot 11 Jany. 1860 to death; knighted at St. James’s
palace 1 Aug. 1832; K.H. 1832. _d._ Boulogne 14 Sep. 1860.

CREASY, SIR EDWARD SHEPHERD (_son of Edward Hill Creasy of Bexley,
Kent, land agent_). _b._ Bexley 1812; ed. at Eton, Newcastle
scholar 1831; scholar of King’s coll. Cam. 1832, fellow 1834, B.A.
1835, M.A. 1838; barrister L.I. 26 Jany. 1837; professor of
ancient and modern history in Univ. coll. London 1840–60; chief
justice of Ceylon 19 March 1860 to 1875 when he retired on pension
of £1600; knighted at St. James’s palace 28 March 1860; professor
of jurisprudence to the four Inns of Court, London; author of
_Memoirs of eminent Etonians_ 1850, _2 ed._ 1876; _The fifteen
decisive battles of the world from Marathon to Waterloo 2 vols._
1851, _28 ed._ 1877; _The history of the rise and progress of the
English constitution_ 1853, _14 ed._ 1888; _History of the Ottoman
Turks 2 vols._ 1854, _new ed._ 1877; _History of England 2 vols._
1869–70; _The old love and the new 3 vols._ 1870. _d._ 15 Cecil
st. Strand, London 27 Jany. 1878. _I.L.N. lxxii_, 133 (1878),
_portrait_.

CRESSWELL, ADDISON JOHN BAKER (_son of Francis Easterby of
Blackheath, Kent who assumed name of Cresswell and d. 1820_). _b._
1 Oct. 1788; ed. at C.C. coll. Ox., M.A. 1810; sheriff of
Northumberland 1821; M.P. for North Northumberland 12 July 1841 to
23 July 1847. _d._ Cresswell near Morpeth 5 May 1879.

CRESSWELL, SIR CRESSWELL (_brother of the preceding_). _b._
Biggmarket, Newcastle 1794; ed. at Charterhouse and Em. coll.
Cam., B.A. 1814, M.A. 1818; admitted at M.T. 1810, at I.T. 1815,
barrister I.T. 25 June 1819, bencher 1834; went Northern circuit
of which he became joint leader with Robert Alexander; recorder of
Hull 1830; K.C. 1834; M.P. for Liverpool 26 July 1837 to Jany.
1842; justice of Court of Common Pleas 22 Jany. 1842 to 11 Jany.
1858; serjeant-at-law 27 Jany. 1842; knighted at St. James’s
Palace 4 May 1842; judge of Court of Probate and Divorce
(established by 20 & 21 Vict. c. 77) 11 Jany. 1858 to death;
adjudicated upon 1000 cases in only one of which was his judgment
reversed; P.C. 3 Feb. 1858; published with R. V. Barnewall
_Reports of cases in the Court of King’s Bench 1822–1830_, _10
vols._ 1823–32; thrown from his horse on Constitution hill and his
kneepan fractured 17 July 1863. _d._ from heart disease at 21
Prince’s gate, Hyde park, London 29 July 1863. _Law Mag. and law
review xx_, 179–88 (1866); _Law Times xxxviii_, 535–7 (1863).

CRESSWELL, SAMUEL GURNEY (_3 son of Francis Cresswell of Lynn,
Norfolk_). Entered navy 1842; lieut. of the Investigator 17 Dec.
1849, searched for Sir John Franklin in the Polar sea 1850–53;
explored 170 miles of Banks island in sledges 18 April to 20 May
1851, arrived in London 7 Oct 1853 being the first person who
actually effected the North-west passage; presented with an
address in the guildhall, Lynn 26 Oct. 1853; captain 17 Sep. 1858;
received Baltic and Arctic medals and a portion of the £10,000
awarded to officers and crew of the Investigator for discovery of
N.W. passage; published _Eight sketches in colours of voyage of
Investigator_ 1854; illustrated _R. J. le M. M’Clure’s Discovery
of north west passage_ 1856. _d._ Bank house, King’s Lynn 14 Aug.
1867 aged 39. _I.L.N. xxiii_, 389 (1853).

CRESTADORO, ANDREA. _b._ Genoa 1808; ed. at Univ. of Turin, Ph.
Doc., professor of natural philosophy; came to England 1849;
patented certain improvements in impulsoria 1852; a model of his
metallic balloon was shown at Crystal Palace, June 1868; compiled
catalogues for Sampson Low and Co. 1859–61; chief librarian of
Manchester free libraries, Dec. 1862 to death; originated index
catalogues, generally adopted as models by English municipal
libraries; naturalised in England 16 April 1866; received order of
Crown of Italy 1878; author of _The art of making catalogues or a
method to obtain a most perfect printed catalogue of the British
Museum library, by A Reader therein_ 1856; _Du pouvoir temporel et
de la souveraineté Pontificale_, _Paris_ 1861; _Catalogue of books
in the Manchester free library, Reference department_ 1864;
_Taxation reform, or the best way of raising the revenue_ 1878.
_d._ 155 Upper Brook st. Manchester 7 April 1879. _Momus 20 March
1879_, _portrait_.

CRESWICK, THOMAS. _b._ Sheffield 5 Feb. 1811; landscape painter in
London 1828; exhibited 139 pictures at R.A., 80 at B.I. and 46 at
Suffolk st. gallery 1828–70; A.R.A. 1842, R.A. 11 Feb. 1851;
largely employed as a designer of book illustrations; 109 of his
paintings were collected together at London International
Exhibition 1873; many of his pictures were in Manchester
Exhibition 1887. _d._ The Limes, Linden grove, Bayswater, London
28 Dec. 1869. _I.L.N. xviii_, 219 (1851), _portrait_, _lvi_, 53
(1870), _portrait_; _A catalogue of the works of T. Creswick by T.
O. Barlow_ 1873.

CRESY, EDWARD. _b._ Dartford, Kent 7 May 1792; walked through
England to study, measure and draw the cathedrals and most
interesting buildings 1816; walked through France, Switzerland,
Italy and Greece 1817–20; architect and civil engineer in London
1820 to death; superintending inspector under general board of
health; author of _A practical treatise on bridge building_ 1839;
_Illustrations of Stone church, Kent_ 1840; _An encyclopædia of
civil engineering_ 1847, _2 ed._ 1856; author with George Ledwell
Taylor of _The architectural antiquities of Rome 2 vols. folio
1821–2_, _new ed._ 1874; _Architecture of the middle ages in
Italy_ 1829. _d._ South Darenth, Kent 12 Nov. 1858. _G. L.
Taylor’s Autobiography of an octogenarian architect 2 vols._
1870–72.

CREWDSON, JANE (_2 dau. of George Fox of Perran-arworthal,
Cornwall_). _b._ Perran-arworthal 22 Oct. 1808; author of _Aunt
Jane’s Verses for children_ 1851, _3 ed._ 1871; _Lays of the
Reformation and other lyrics_ 1860; _A little while and other
poems_ 1864, _3 ed._ 1872. (_m._ Oct. 1836 Thomas Dillworth
Crewdson of Manchester, manufacturer). _d._ Summerlands, Whalley
Range, Manchester 14 Sep. 1863.

CREWE, REV. HENRY ROBERT (_2 son of Sir Henry Harpur, 7 baronet
1763–1818 who assumed name of Crewe 1808_). _b._ Stourfield house
4 Sep. 1801; ed. at Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1825, M.A. 1830; R. of
Breadsall, Derbyshire 1830 to death; author of _The Church of
England, Pro. and Con._ 1843; _Repeal of the corn laws by One who
fears God and regards man_ 1846; _The war of Satan and the battle
of God, remarks on Turkey and the East_ 1854; _The war of
prophecy_ 1854. _d._ Breadsall rectory 29 Sep. 1865.

CREYKE, VEN. STEPHEN (_youngest son of Richard Creyke 1746–1826,
commissioner of the Victualling office_). _b._ 24 Sep. 1796;
ed. at C.C. coll. Ox., B.A. 1816, M.A. 1820, fellow of his
college 1821–23; R. of Wigginton near York 1834–44; V. of
Sutton-on-the-Forest near York 1837–44; preb. of York 28 Sep.
1841 to death; R. of Beeford, Yorkshire 1844–65; archdeacon of
York 16 Oct. 1845 to 1867; canon res. of York 1857–73; R. of
Bolton-Percy, Yorkshire 1865 to death. _d._ Bolton-Percy 11
Dec. 1883.

CRICHTON, SIR ALEXANDER (_2 son of Alexander Crichton of
Woodhouselee and Newington, Midlothian_). _b._ Edinburgh 2 Dec.
1763; came to London 1784; M.D. Leyden 29 July 1785; studied at
Paris, Stuttgart, Vienna and Halle; member of Corporation of
surgeons, May 1789, got himself disfranchised 1 May 1791; L.R.C.P.
25 June 1791; physician to Westminster hosp. 1794; phys. in ord.
to Alexander I Emperor of Russia 1804; head of Russian civil
medical department; F.R.S. 8 May 1800; F.G.S. 1819; received grand
cross of the Red Eagle 27 Dec. 1820, grand cross of St. Anne, Aug.
1830; knighted at the Pavilion, Brighton 1 March 1821; author of
_Inquiry into the nature and origin of mental derangement 2 vols._
1798; _A synoptical table of diseases designed for the use of
students_ 1805; _Account of experiments with vapour of tar in cure
of pulmonary consumption_ 1817; _On the treatment and cure of
pulmonary consumption_ 1823. _d._ The Grove near Sevenoaks, Kent 4
June 1856. _bur._ Norwood cemetery. _Proc. of Royal Soc. viii_,
269–72 (1856); _Quarterly Journal of Geog. Soc. xiii, pp.
lxiv-lxvi_ (1857).

CRICHTON, REV. ANDREW. _b._ parish of Kirkmahoe, Dumfriesshire Dec.
1790; engaged in teaching at Edinburgh and North Berwick; edited
_North Briton_ 1830–32, _Edinburgh Advertiser_ 1832 to June 1851;
member of presbytery of Edin.; elder for burgh of Cullen in
general assembly of Church of Scotland 1852 to death; LLD. St.
Andrew’s 1837; author of _Converts from infidelity 2 vols._ 1827;
_History of Arabia 2 vols._ 1833; with H. Wheaton of _Scandinavia
ancient and modern 2 vols._ 1838. _d._ 33 St. Bernard’s crescent,
Edinburgh 9 Jany. 1855.

CRICHTON, REV. ANDREW (_son of Rev. David Crichton, English master
at Madras college, St. Andrews_). _b._ St. Andrews 22 May 1837;
bursar at Univ. of Edin. 1852, B.A. 1857; licensed as a preacher
by free presbytery of Arbroath June 1860; co-pastor of New North
free church, Edinburgh Dec. 1860 to March 1866; pastor of free
church, Chapelshade, Dundee 30 March 1866 to death; most popular
preacher in Dundee; contributed many articles to _Family
Treasury_, _London Review_ and _Sunday Mag._; author of _The
confessions of a wandering soul_. _d._ Liberton, Edinburgh 13 July
1867. _bur._ in Grange cemetery, Edin. where is monument.
_Memorials of the late Rev. A. Crichton_, _edited by W. G.
Blaikie_ (1868).

CRICHTON, SIR ARCHIBALD WILLIAM (_eld. son of Patrick Crichton,
captain 47 foot_). _b._ 1791; ed. at Univ. of Edin.; physician to
Emperor of Russia and his family; member of Russian medical
council; councillor of state in Russia; received star of legion of
honour 1814; D.C.L. Ox. 11 Jany. 1817; knighted by Prince Regent
at Carlton house 13 March 1817; received grand cross of Red Eagle
of Prussia 1829, of St. Stanislaus 1832, of St. Anne 1834 and of
St. Vladimir 1836. _d._ St. Petersburg 27 Feb. 1865.

CRICHTON, JOHN (_7 child of Thomas Crichton of Dundee, merchant who
was b. in Queen Anne’s reign_). _b._ Dundee 22 Feb. 1772; ed. at
Univs. of St. Andrew’s and Edin.; M.R.C.S. Edin. 1790; surgeon at
Dundee 1791; became an eminent lithotomist; performed operation of
lithotomy 200 times, being unsuccessful in 14 cases only; surgeon
to Royal Infirmary, Dundee 1836, his full-length portrait by John
Gibson was placed in the Infirmary 14 June 1841; a reader in the
Glasite church, Dundee 60 years; never went out of Scotland. _d._
Tay st. Dundee 3 July 1860. _W. Norrie’s Dundee Celebrities_
(1873) 182–4.

CRICHTON, WILLIAM HINDLEY. Entered Madras army 19 Aug. 1839, lieut.
col. Madras staff corps 19 Aug. 1865 to 22 July 1871; hon. M.G. 17
Feb. 1872; C.B. 18 May 1860. _d._ Beaconside, North Devon 7 Dec.
1885 aged 66.

CRINNON, RIGHT REV. PETER FRANCIS. _b._ Cullen, co. Louth 1817 or
1818; went to Canada 1850; studied at St. Sulpice coll. Montreal;
ordained in Toronto 1854; priest successively at London, St.
Mary’s, Biddulph, and Kintora; priest at Stratford 1858 where he
built St. Mary’s church; vicar general of London; R.C. bishop of
Hamilton, Canada 1874 to death, during his administration of the
diocese the number of Roman Catholics was doubled. _d._
Jacksonville, Florida 25 Nov. 1882. _Dominion Annual Register_
1883 _p._ 337.

CRIPPS, JOHN MARTEN (_son of John Cripps_). _b._ 1780; Fellow
commoner at Jesus coll. Cam. 27 April 1798, M.A. 1803; travelled
in the East with Edward Daniel Clarke 3 years; introduced from
Russia the Khol-rabi for the use of dairy farms; F.L.S. 1803,
F.S.A. 1805; presented part of his large collection of statues,
antiques and oriental flora to Univ. of Cam. and other public
institutions. _d._ Novington near Lewes 3 Jany. 1853. _Proc. of
Linnæan Soc. ii_, 231–2 (1855); _M. A. Lower’s Worthies of Sussex_
(1865) 271–73.

CRITCHETT, GEORGE. _b._ Highgate 25 March 1817; ed. at London
hospital; M.R.C.S. 1839, F.R.C.S. 1844, member of council 1870;
demonstrator of anatomy at London hospital, assistant surgeon
1846, surgeon Aug. 1861 to 1863; one of the best operators on the
eye; pres. of Hunterian Soc. 2 years; pres. of International
congress of Ophthalmology held in London 1872; ophthalmic surgeon
and lecturer at Middlesex hospital 1876; author of _Lectures on
ulcers of the lower extremities_ 1849. _d._ 21 Harley st. London 1
Nov. 1882. _I.L.N. lxxxi_, 497 (1882), _portrait_.

CRIVELLI, DOMENICO FRANCESCO MARIA (_son of Gaetano Crivelli
1774–1836 tenor singer at King’s theatre, London_). _b._ Brescia
1794; came to England with his father 1817; taught singing in
London 1817 to death; principal professor of singing at Royal
Academy of Music 1823 to death; taught many of the best English
singers. _d._ 71 Upper Norton st. Fitzroy sq. London 31 Dec. 1856.

CROCKER, CHARLES. _b._ Chichester 22 June 1797; shoemaker at
Chichester 1809–39; employed by W. H. Mason the publisher 1839–45;
sexton of Chichester cathedral 1845 to death; author of _The vale
of obscurity, the Lavant and other poems_ 1830, _3 ed._ 1841; _A
visit to Chichester cathedral_ 1848; _Poetical works of C.
Crocker_ 1860. _d._ South st. Chichester 6 Oct. 1861. _M. A.
Lower’s Worthies of Sussex_ (1865) 87–8; _Lives of illustrious
shoemakers by W. E. Winks_ (1883) 321; _Sketches of obscure poets_
(1833) 102–112.

CROCKETT, JAMES (_son of Mr. Crockett, a showman by Miss Cross of
Nottingham who was 6 feet 8 inches in height_). _b._ Prestyn,
Radnorshire 9 May 1835; cornet player in circus of Messrs. Sanger,
lion tamer with them 1857; performed in chief capitals of Europe;
returned to England 1863; went to United States 1864; travelled in
western states with Howes and Cushing’s European circus at a
salary of £20 a week; fell down dead in the circus at Cincinnati 6
July 1865. _Illust. Sporting news ii_, 377, 437 (1864),
_portrait_; _Era 30 July 1865 p. 10, col. 1_, _6 Aug. p. 11, col.
4_; _I.L.N. xxxviii_, 90 (1861).

CROFT, SIR ARCHER DENMAN, 8 Baronet (_2 son of Sir Richard Croft, 6
baronet 1762–1818_). _b._ Old Burlington st. London 7 Dec. 1801;
ed. at Westminster; succeeded his brother 29 Oct. 1835; barrister
L.I. 30 April 1839; a master of Court of Queen’s Bench 1838 to
death. _d._ 1 Sussex place, Hyde park, London 10 Jany. 1865.

CROFT, VEN. JAMES (_eld. son of Rev. Robert Nicholas Croft
1754–1831, canon res. of York cath._) _b._ 2 July 1784; ed. at
Eton and Peterhouse Cam.; B.A. 1807, M.A. 1812; R. of Saltwood
near Hythe 1812 to death; preb. of Ely 3 Nov. 1815; R. of
Cliffe-at-Hoo, Kent 1818 to death; canon of Canterbury 26 April
1822; archdeacon of Canterbury 18 June 1825 to death. _d._
Saltwood rectory 9 May 1869.

CROFT, SIR JOHN, 1 Baronet (_eld. son of John Croft of Oporto,
merchant, who d. 11 Feb. 1805_). _b._ 21 March 1778; comr. to
distribute parliamentary grant of £100,000 to the Portugese
sufferers by Marshal Massena’s invasion 1811–12; chargé d’affaires
at Lisbon 1815; F.R.S. 5 March 1818; created baronet 17 Dec. 1818
for services during Peninsular war; K.T.S. 10 Dec. 1821; D.C.L.
Ox. 1822. _d._ 53 Queen Anne st. London 5 Feb. 1862.

CROFT, WILLIAM (_2 son of Stephen Croft of Stillington hall,
Yorkshire 1744–1813_). _b._ 2 April 1782; entered navy 1 Sep.
1795; captain 13 Oct. 1807; admiral on half pay 28 Nov. 1857. _d._
Stillington 6 May 1872.

CROFTON, EDWARD CROFTON, 2 Baron. _b._ Clarges st. London 1 Aug.
1806; succeeded his father as 4 baronet 8 Jany. 1816, and his
grandmother as 2 baron 12 Aug. 1817; a representative peer of
Ireland 20 Jany. 1840 to death; a lord in waiting to the Queen,
Feb. to Dec. 1852, Feb. 1858 to June 1859 and July 1866 to Dec.
1868. _d._ Mote park, Roscommon 27 Dec. 1869.

CROFTON, EDWARD WALTER. 2 lieut. R.A. 26 July 1831, col. 30 May 1862
to death; C.B. 1 March 1861. _d._ Malta 26 June 1863.

CROFTON, GEORGE ALFRED. _b._ 1785; entered navy March 1798; captain
1 Feb. 1812; V.A. on h.p. 9 July 1855. _d._ Clifton 23 Feb. 1858.

CROFTON, JOHN FFOLLIOTT. _b._ 9 Oct. 1802; ensign 6 foot 18 Dec.
1824, lieut. col. 7 Aug. 1846 to 21 July 1848; col. of 95 foot 25
Aug. 1868, of 6 foot 5 Sep. 1869 to death; general 23 Aug. 1877.
_d._ 29 Sussex gardens, Hyde park, London 17 July 1885.

CROGGAN, JOHN WILLIAM. 2 lieut. Madras artillery 18 Dec. 1823, col.
commandant 14 Dec. 1868 to death; L.G. 10 April 1876; author of
_Miscellaneous exercises on artillery_ 1856; _A treatise on Mortar
practice, velocity, time of flight and range_ 1865. _d._ 35
Tregunter road, London 2 May 1877.

CROKAT, WILLIAM. _b._ near Edinburgh 1788; ensign 20 foot 9 April
1807, captain 31 March 1814 to 7 Nov. 1826 when placed on h.p.;
witnessed the death of Napoleon at St. Helena 5 May 1821, being
the original of the “Officer on guard” in Steuben’s well known
engraving; general 25 Oct. 1871. _d._ 52 Inverkeith’s row,
Edinburgh 6 Nov. 1879 in 92 year.

CROKER, JOHN WILSON (_son of John Croker, surveyor general of
customs and excise in Ireland_). _b._ Galway 20 Dec. 1780; ed. at
Portarlington and Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A. 1800, LL.B. and LLD.
1809; student at L.I. 1800; called to Irish bar 1802; M.P. for
Downpatrick 1807–12, for Athlone 1812–18, for Yarmouth, Isle of
Wight 1819–20, for Bodmin 1820–26, for Aldeburgh, Suffolk 1826–27
and 1830–32, for Univ. of Dublin 1827–30; one of chief opponents
of the Reform bill; sec. of the Admiralty 9 Oct. 1809 to Nov. 1830
when he retired on a pension of £1500; P.C. 16 June 1828; one of
founders of _Quarterly Review_ 1809 in which he wrote about 260
articles 1809–64; F.R.S. 5 July 1810; friend and factotum of 3
Marquis of Hertford (the Marquis of Steyne of _Vanity Fair_) who
left him £21,000 and his cellar of wine 1842; author of _Familiar
epistles to F. J[one]s, Esq. on the present state of the Irish
stage_ 1804 _anon. 5 ed._ 1804; _Talavera_ 1809; _Essays on the
early period of the French revolution_ 1857 and other books;
edited _The new Whig guide_ 1819; _Boswell’s Life of Dr. Johnson 4
vols._ 1831 and other books. _d._ at house of Sir Wm. Wightman,
St. Alban’s Bank, Hampton, Middlesex 10 Aug. 1857. _bur._ at West
Moulsey. _Memoirs, diaries and correspondence of J. W. Croker
edited by L. J. Jennings_, _2 ed. 3 vols._ 1885, _portrait_;
_Quarterly Review cxlii_, 83–126 (1876); _D. O. Madden’s Chiefs of
parties ii_, 81–112 (1859); _J. Grant’s Memoir of Sir G. Sinclair_
(1870) 213–28; _Mrs. Houston’s A woman’s memories i_, 1–18 (1883);
_H. Martineau’s Biographical Sketches_, _4 ed._ (1876) 376–85;
_Maclise Portrait gallery_ (1883) 72–4, _portrait_.

NOTE.—D’Israeli ridiculed him very successfully in Coningsby
under name of Rigby, also in Vivian Grey under name of Vivida
Vis; Lady Morgan depicted him in her novel Florence Macarthy
as Councillor Crawley, and Lord Brougham in his novel Albert
Lunel us La Croasse.

CROKER, MARIANNE (_dau. of Francis Nicholson of Whitby, Yorkshire,
artist 1753–1844_). _b._ Whitby; produced her first drawing upon
stone 1816; wrote _The adventures of Barney Mahoney_ 1832, and _My
village versus our village_ 1832, both of which have the name of
Thomas Crofton Croker on their title pages; (_m._ 1830 T. C.
Croker 1798–1854). _d._ 3 Gloucester road, Old Brompton, London 6
Oct. 1854.

CROKER, THOMAS CROFTON (_only son of Thomas Croker, major in the
army who d. 22 March 1818_). _b._ Buckingham sq. Cork 15 Jany.
1798; clerk in the Admiralty, London 1818 to Feb. 1850 when he
retired as senior clerk of the first class on a pension of £580,
introduced lithography into the Admiralty; F.S.A. 1827; M.R.I.A.
1827; founder and pres. of Society of Noviomagus 11 Dec. 1828 to
his death; helped to found Camden Soc. 1839, Percy Soc. 1840 and
British Archælogical Assoc. 1843; edited _Willis’s Current Notes_
Jany. 1851 to death; author of _Researches in the South of
Ireland_ 1834; _Fairy legends and traditions of the South of
Ireland 3 parts_ 1825–28, _several editions_; _Legends of the
Lakes, or sayings and doings at Killarney 2 vols._ 1829, _new ed._
1874; _The popular songs of Ireland_ 1839 another ed. in Morley’s
Universal Library vol. 40; _The Keen of the South of Ireland
illustrative of Irish history, Percy Soc. vol._ 13 (1842); _A walk
from London to Fulham_ 1860, and many other works and
translations. _d._ 3 Gloucester road, Old Brompton, London 8 Aug.
1854. _Fairy Legends of the South of Ireland by T. C. Croker with
a memoir of the author by his son T. F. D. Croker_ 1862; _Dublin
Univ. Mag. xxxiv_, 203–16 (1849), _portrait_; _Fraser’s Mag. iii_,
67 (1831), _portrait_; _Mrs. Balmanno’s Pen and pencil_ (1858)
156–71, _portrait_; _C. R. Smith’s Retrospections i_, 251–57
(1883); _Numismatic Chronicle xviii_, 20–1 (1856); _Maclise
Portrait Gallery_ (1883) 49–53, _portrait_; _G.M. xlii_, 397–401
(1854).

CROKER, WILLIAM. Ensign 17 foot 27 March 1803, lieut. col. 1 April
1836 to 5 Nov. 1847 when he sold out; C.B. 20 Dec. 1839; colonel
in the army 9 Nov. 1846. _d._ Cheltenham 11 Aug. 1852 aged 64.

CROLL, ALEXANDER ANGUS (_youngest son of George Croll of Perth_).
_b._ Perth 1811; civil engineer in London; a pioneer in extension
of telegraphy; chairman of United Kingdom electric telegraph
company; publicly presented with a testimonial of plate worth 1000
guineas 1871; originated and erected the Wool Exchange in city of
London; colonel 2 Tower Hamlets volunteers 1869–85; sheriff of
London and Middlesex 1853. _d._ Dunblane, Scotland 7 June 1887.
_bur._ Woking cemetery, Surrey 11 June. _I.L.N. xxiii_, 195
(1853).

CROLL, FRANCIS. _b._ Musselburgh about 1826; line engraver. _d._
Edinburgh 12 Feb. 1854. _Art Journal_ (1854) 119.

CROLY, REV. GEORGE. _b._ Dublin 17 Aug. 1780; ed. at Trin. coll.
Dublin, scholar 1798, B.A. 1800, M.A. 1804, hon. LLD. 1831; came
to London about 1810; dramatic critic to the _New Times_; took
charge of parish of Romford, Essex 1832–35; R. of St. Benet
Sherehog with St. Stephen’s, Walbrook, London 1835 to death;
afternoon preacher at Foundling hospital 1847–48; wrote poems in
the _Literary Gazette_ from 1817; edited _The Graces_ 1824, _The
Literary Souvenir_ 1825–34; author of _Paris in 1815_, 1817; _The
Beauties of the British poets_ 1828; _Tales of the Saint Bernard_
1829; _Salathiel, A story of the past, the present and the future_
1829, _new ed._ 1855; _The life and times of George the Fourth_
1830, _2 ed. 2 vols._ 1841; _Divine providence, or the three
cycles of Revelation_ 1834; _A memoir of Edmund Burke 2 vols._
1840; _Historical sketches, speeches and characters_ 1842;
_Marston, or the soldier and statesman 3 vols._ 1846, _3 ed._
1861; _Scenes from Scripture with other poems_ 1851; _The book of
Job_ 1863, and numerous other books and single sermons. _d._
suddenly whilst walking in Holborn, London 24 Nov. 1860. _bur._
St. Stephen’s, Walbrook where a bust of him was placed. _The book
of Job by Rev. G. Croly with a biographical sketch by his son_
1873; _A few personal recollections of Rev. G. Croly by Richard
Herring_ 1861; _James Grant’s Metropolitan pulpit i_, 239–56; _G.
Gilfillan’s A second gallery of literary portraits_ (1850) 145–59;
_G.M. x_, 104–7 (1861); _I.L.N. iv_, 248 (1844), _portrait_,
_xxiv_, 401 (1854), _portrait_.

CROMBIE, THOMAS. Ensign 79 foot 12 Aug. 1824; major Rifle corps 16
Nov. 1841 to 20 Oct. 1848 when placed on h.p.; captain Coldstream
guards 22 June 1849 to 9 Feb. 1855 when placed on h.p.; col. 96
foot 10 May 1872 to death; general 1 Oct. 1877. _d._ 33 Half Moon
st, Piccadilly, London 14 Oct. 1877.

CROMMELIN, THOMAS LAKE. _b._ 1805; executed commissions for
gentlemen on the chief public races 1835–52; a butcher in
Melbourne, Australia 1853; police magistrate Victoria gold fields
1854; commissioner of crown lands Riverina district, New South
Wales 1860, resigned 1869; sec. to Union club, Sydney for one
month only 1869. _d._ in house of his friend hon. John Bowie
Wilson at Sydney 7 April 1877. _Sporting Times 2 May 1885 pp._
2–3.

CROMMELIN, WILLIAM ARDEN (_son of Charles Barker Crommelin of
Garruckpore_). _b._ 1823; second lieut. Bengal engineers 10 Dec.
1841, colonel 1 Jany. 1870 to 31 Dec. 1878 when he retired with
hon. rank of L.G.; C.B. 26 July 1858; inspector general of
military works 2 Aug. 1865 to 1877, granted service reward 12
Jany. 1875. _d._ Brightlands, Barnes, Surrey 30 Oct. 1886.

CROMPTON, SIR CHARLES JOHN (_3 son of Peter Crompton, M.D. of
Derby_). _b._ Derby 12 June 1797; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A.
1818, M.A. 1821; barrister I.T. 23 Nov. 1821, bencher 1851; tubman
in Court of Exchequer, postman; contested Preston, Dec. 1832 and
Newport, Isle of Wight, July 1847; assessor of Court of Passage,
Liverpool 1836–52; a comr. of inquiry into Court of Chancery, Dec.
1850; justice of Court of Queen’s Bench, Feb. 1852 to death;
serjeant-at-law Feb. 1852; knighted at St. James’s palace 26 Feb.
1852; author with John Jervis of _Reports in the Court of
Exchequer_ 1830–32, _2 vols._ 1832–33; with Roger Meeson of
_Reports in the Court of Exchequer 1832–34, 2 vols._ 1834–35; with
R. Meeson and Henry Roscoe of _Reports in the Court of Exchequer
1834–36_, _2 vols._ 1834–36. _d._ 22 Hyde park sq. London 30 Oct.
1865. _Law mag. and law review xxiii_, 1–30 (1867); _I.L.N. xxi_,
356 (1852), _portrait_.

CROMPTON, JOSHUA SAMUEL (_son of Joshua Crompton of York, who d.
1832_). _b._ 17 Sep. 1799; M.P. for Ripon 1832 to 1834. _d._
Azerley hall, Ripon 17 June 1881.

CROMPTON, THOMAS BONSOR (_youngest son of John Crompton of Farnworth
mills, Lancashire, paper maker_). _b._ Farnworth 20 May 1792;
partner with his brother John Crompton in Farnworth Mills, sole
proprietor 1835 to death; contrived several mechanical appliances
for utilising fibres hitherto considered unsuitable for being made
into paper; became an extensive newspaper proprietor; proprietor
of the _Morning Post_; erected very large cotton mill at Prestolee
near Farnworth about 1833. _d._ the Hassels, Sandy, Beds. 3 Sep.
1858.

CROMPTON-STANSFIELD, WILLIAM ROOKES (_brother of Joshua Samuel
Crompton 1799–1881_). _b._ 3 Aug. 1790; ed. at Harrow and Jesus
coll. Cam., B.A. 1813, M.A. 1816; barrister I.T. 22 May 1819; M.P.
for Huddersfield 1837 to 1853; took additional name of Stansfield
1819. _d._ Frimley park, Surrey 5 Dec. 1871.

CROMWELL, REV. THOMAS. _b._ 14 Dec. 1792; entered Literary
department of Longman & Co. of London, publishers; minister of
Unitarian chapel, Stoke Newington Green 1839–64; minister of old
presbyterian chapel at Canterbury 1865 to death; F.S.A. Dec. 1838;
author of _The school boy with other poems_ 1816; _Honour, or
arrivals from college, privately printed_ 1820, a comedy played at
Drury Lane 17 and 18 April 1819; _Oliver Cromwell and his times_
1821, _2 ed._ 1822; _History of the town and borough of Colchester
2 vols._ 1825; _History description of the parish of Clerkenwell_
1828; _The Druid, a tragedy_ 1832; _Walks through Islington_ 1835;
_The soul and the future life_ 1859. _d._ Canterbury 22 Dec. 1870.
_Notes and Queries 4th series, ix_, 198, 267, 347 (1872).

CRONYN, RIGHT REV. BENJAMIN (_son of Thomas Cronyn, mayor of
Kilkenny_). _b._ Kilkenny 1802; ed. at Trin. coll. Dublin, B.A.
1822, M.A. 1825, B.D. and D.D. 1855; held curacies in Ireland
1826–32; R. of St. Paul’s, London, Canada West 1832–57; bishop of
Huron 14 Oct. 1857 to death, consecrated at Lambeth 28 Oct. 1857.
_d._ London, Ontario 21 Sep. 1871. _I.L.N. xli_, 576, 587 (1862),
_portrait_.

CROOK, JOSEPH (_eld. son of Joshua Crook of Whitebank, Bolton_).
_b._ 1809; cotton manufacturer at Bolton; M.P. for Bolton 9 July
1852 to Jany. or Feb. 1861. _d._ Oakfield, Heaton, Bolton 8 Dec.
1884 in 76 year.

CROOKS, JAMES. _b._ Kilmarnock, Scotland 1778; one of earliest
settlers in Upper Canada, lived at Niagara 1794; established first
paper mill in and sent first load of wheat and flour from Upper
Canada to Montreal; served with distinction during war of 1812;
member of Canadian legislative assembly and council. _d._ West
Flamborough, Ontario 1860.

CROOKSHANK, ALEXANDER CROWDER. Deputy controller Dublin district 11
Dec. 1872 to death; C.B. 24 May 1873. _d._ 20 Upper Mount st.
Dublin 14 April 1877. _Graphic xv_, 408 (1877), _portrait_.

CROPPER, JOSEPH ALMOND. _b._ Loughborough; barrister G.I. 11 Feb.
1823; devised property to Westminster hospital worth £800 per
annum, to St. George’s hospital worth £700, and to Middlesex
hospital property worth £600 per annum and the sum of £4000, these
3 hospitals are enabled by special acts of parliament to receive
lands notwithstanding the Statute of Mortmain. _d._ Fulwood house,
Gray’s Inn London 27 Sep. 1862 aged 79.

CROSBY, ALLAN JAMES (_only son of James Crosby of Streatham_).
Matric. from Worcester coll. Ox. 9 Nov. 1854 aged 18, B.A. 1858,
M.A. 1873; barrister I.T. 1 May 1865; employed in the public
record office about 1860 to death; edited _Accounts and papers
relating to Mary Queen of Scots, Camden Soc._ 1867; _Calendar of
foreign state papers of the reign of Queen Elizabeth 4 vols._
1871–80. _d._ Holmbush, Ide near Exeter 5 Dec. 1881. _Antiquarian
Mag. i_, 152 (1882).

CROSBY, JAMES. _b._ 1806; ed. at Greenwich and Trin. coll. Cam.,
B.A. 1826; barrister M.T. 25 June 1830; police magistrate at
Kingston, St. Vincent, May 1844; member of house of assembly St.
Vincent many years, speaker 1853; stipendiary magistrate British
Guiana, March 1857, immigration agent general British Guiana 1
Oct. 1862 to death. _d._ Georgetown, Demerara 30 Aug. 1880.

CROSKERY, REV. THOMAS (_son of Mr. Croskery of co. Down,
tradesman_). _b._ Carrowdore near Belfast 26 May 1830; licensed to
preach by presbytery of Down 6 May 1851; a reporter and
subsequently editor of the _Banner of Ulster_; ordained minister
of Creggan, co. Armagh 17 July 1860, translated to Clonakilty, co.
Cork 24 March 1863; minister of chapel at Waterside, city of
Londonderry 1866–75; professor of logic and belles lettres in
Magee college, Londonderry 1875–79, professor of theology 1879 to
death; author of _A catechism on the doctrines of the Plymouth
brethren_; _Plymouth brethrenism, a refutation of its principles
and doctrines_ 1879; _Irish Presbyterianism, its history,
character, influence and present position_ 1884. _d._ 3 Oct. 1886.

CROSLAND, THOMAS PEARSON. _b._ Crosland near Huddersfield 29 Dec.
1815; a merchant at Huddersfield; M.P. for Huddersfield 14 July
1865 to death. _d._ Gledholt near Huddersfield 8 March 1868.

CROSLEY, ALEXANDER. _b._ Camberwell 1827; a solicitor in London 1850
to death; common councilman for Langbourn ward 1857–61; under
sheriff for London and Middlesex 8 times. _d._ 76 Camberwell
grove, London 14 Jany. 1876 in 49 year.

CROSLEY, SIR CHARLES DECIMUS (_son of Henry Crosley_). _b._ the
Grove, Camberwell, Surrey 21 Feb. 1820; ed. at Camberwell; a stock
and share broker in city of London 1846 to death; sheriff of
London and Middlesex 1854–55; knighted at Buckingham palace 1 May
1855 after visit of Emperor of the French; chevalier of legion of
honour; a comr. of inland revenue for Middlesex. _d._ Eastbourne
12 Oct. 1882.

CROSMOND, ROSA, stage name of Helen Turner (_dau. of Sarah Rachael
Leverson known as Madame Rachel of 47 New Bond st. London,
enameller of ladies faces, who d. 12 Oct. 1880 aged 60_). Member
of Carter’s choir at Albert hall, London about 1873; studied at
Royal Academy of Music; sang at Her Majesty’s theatre 1878–79 and
with Mapleson’s company in the United States; secured a high
position at Milan particularly for her representation of Aida
about 1881. (_m._ Edmund Turner of London, silk merchant who _d._
about 1879). _d._ St. George’s hospital, London 27 April 1888,
having shot herself in a cab in Piccadilly Circus the night
before.

CROSS, EDWARD. Superintendent of the Royal Menagerie, Exeter Change,
Strand, London 1794 to 1814, Chunee the elephant shot there 9
March 1826, proprietor 1814 to 16 June 1829 when it was taken down
and he removed his menagerie to the King’s Mews, Charing Cross;
originated the Surrey Zoological gardens comprising 15 acres at
Walworth, opened 12 Aug. 1831, proprietor 1831–44, the
conservatory 300 feet in circumference was the largest in England;
exhibited the Indian one-horned rhinoceros which cost £800, 1834,
three giraffes 1836, picture of Mount Vesuvius painted by Danson
1837 reproduced 1846, Iceland and its volcanoes 1839, Jullien
conducted promenade concerts here 1849–51. _d._ 48 Newington
place, Kennington road, London 26 Sep. 1854 aged 80. _Hone’s
Every-day book ii_, 321–36 (1838); _Brayley’s Surrey iii_, 409–11
(1850).

CROSS, JOHN. _b._ Tiverton, May 1819; studied painting at St.
Quentin and Paris; exhibited a cartoon of ‘The death of Thomas à
Becket’ at Westminster Hall 1844, and a large oil painting called
‘The clemency of Richard Cœur-de-Lion towards Bertrand de Gourdon’
1847 which gained a first premium of £300 and was purchased by the
comrs. for £1000; an exhibition of his principal works was held at
Society of Arts, Adelphi 1861; his widow Mary Cross was granted
civil list pension of £100, 19 June 1862. He _d._ 38 Gloucester
road, Regent’s Park, London 27 Feb. 1861.

CROSS, JOHN (_2 son of James Cross of Mortfield near Bolton, Lancs.
solicitor and banker, who d. 1 Nov. 1850 aged 79_). _b._ Mortfield
18 Jany. 1807; ed. at Bolton gr. school; articled to his father;
solicitor at Bolton 1829–33; barrister G.I. and M.T. 8 June 1836;
serjeant at law 17 May 1858; chairman of board of directors of
Londonderry and Coleraine railway; author of _A treatise on the
law of lien and stoppage in transitu_ 1840. _d._ 2 Avenue road,
Regent’s park, London 1 June 1861.

CROSS, JOHN HENRY. _b._ London; connected with the Religious tract
society more than 40 years; wrote for it 609 separate publications
(majority being small books for children), total circulation of
which amounted to nearly 80,000,000 copies, selections from them
have been translated into 30 languages; edited the _Child’s
Companion_ 33 years, the _Tract magazine_ 6 years. _d._
Lougborough road, Brixton 5 Feb. 1876 aged 72.

CROSS, JOHN KYNASTON (_son of John Cross of Gartside house,
Bolton_). _b._ 13 Oct. 1832; a merchant at Manchester and a cotton
spinner at Bolton; M.P. for Bolton 4 Feb. 1874 to 18 Nov. 1885;
under sec. of state for India, Jany. 1883 to July 1885; author of
_Imports, exports and the French treaty_ 1881 in Cobden Club
Papers; hanged himself at Fernclough, Heaton, Bolton 20 March
1887.

CROSS, MARY ANN (_youngest child of Robert Evans 1773–1849, surveyor
to Sir Roger Newdigate of Arbury hall, Warws._) _b._ Arbury farm,
parish of Chilvers Coton, Warws. 22 Nov. 1819; ed. at Nuneaton and
Coventry; removed with her father to Foleshill road, Coventry,
March 1841; lived at 142 Strand, London as assistant editor of
_Westminster Review_ Sep. 1851 to Oct. 1853; lived with George
Henry Lewes at Holly lodge, Wandsworth 1859–60, at 16 Blandford
sq. Regent’s park 1860–63, and at The Priory 21 North bank, St.
John’s Wood 1863–78, G. H. Lewes _d._ 28 Nov. 1878, she proved his
will 16 Dec. 1878; founded George Henry Lewes studentship worth
nearly £200 a year to be held for 3 years by some student occupied
in physiological investigation 1879; published _The life of Jesus
critically examined by D. F. Strauss, translated from the fourth
German edition 3 vols._ 1846 anon.; _The essence of Christianity
by Ludwig Feuerbach translated from the second German edition by
Marian Evans_ 1854; author of the following works under pseudonym
of George Eliot: _Scenes of clerical life 2 vols._ 1858, _Adam
Bede 3 vols._ 1859, _The mill on the Floss 3 vols._ 1860, _Silas
Marner the weaver of Raveloe_ 1861, _Romola 3 vols._ 1863, _Felix
Holt the Radical 3 vols._ 1866, _The Spanish Gypsy, a poem_ 1868,
_Agatha, a poem_ 1869, _Middlemarch a study of provincial life 4
vols._ 1871–72, _The legend of Jubal and other poems_ 1874,
_Daniel Deronda 4 vols._ 1876, _Impressions of Theophrastus Such_
1879, _How Lisa loved the King_ 1883, _Essays and leaves from a
Note-Book_ 1884. (_m._ 6 May 1880 under name of Mary Ann Evans
Lewes, John Walter Cross of Weybridge, Surrey). _d._ 4 Cheyne
walk, Chelsea 22 Dec. 1880. _bur._ by side of G. H. Lewes in
Highgate cemetery 29 Dec. portrait of her by Sir Frederick Burton
in National portrait gallery. _The life of George Eliot by J. W.
Cross 3 vols._ 1884, 2 _portraits_; _George Eliot by Mathilde
Blind_ 1883; _G. W. Cooke’s George Eliot, critical story of her
life_ 1883; _Our living poets by H. B. Forman_ (1871) 467–500;
_Biographical sketches by C. K. Paul_ (1883) 141–70; _Westminster
Review, Jany. 1882 pp._ 65–71.

CROSS, PHILIP HENRY EUSTACE. L.R.C.S. Ireland 1848; assistant
surgeon 1 West India regiment 3 April 1849; surgeon 97 foot 7 Sep.
1855; surgeon 13 foot 16 June 1857 to 19 Nov. 1858; staff surgeon
19 Nov. 1858; served in the Crimean war; surgeon major 27 Feb.
1872 to 14 April 1875 when he retired; slowly murdered his first
wife Mary Lawson Cross by giving her doses of arsenic and
strychnine, she _d._ at Shandy hall, Cork 2 June 1887, (_m._ (2)
17 June 1887 his governess Miss Skinner); found guilty of murder
17 Dec. 1887, hanged in Cork gaol 10 Jany. 1888. _Pall Mall
Gazette 10 Jany. 1888 p. 7, col. 2._

CROSSE, ANDREW (_elder son of Richard Crosse of Fyne court,
Broomfield, Somerset_). _b._ Fyne court 17 June 1784; ed. at
Rev. Mr. Seyer’s school, The Fort, Bristol 1793–1802, caned on
an average 3 times a day for 7 years; gentleman commoner at
Brasenose coll. Ox. 1802, B.A. 1806; experimented on
electro-crystallisation; observed appearance of insect life in
metallic solutions supposed to be destructive to organic life
1837, the publication of this discovery gained him great
notoriety. _d._ in the room in which he was born at Fyne Court 6
July 1855. _Memorials scientific and literary of Andrew Crosse
the electrician by C. A. H. Crosse_ 1857; _H. M. Noad’s Manual
of Electricity_, _4 ed._ (1855) 173–77, 256, 378–83, 390, 401;
_Letters of H. G. Atkinson to Harriet Martineau_ (1851) 361–67.

CROSSE, THOMAS BRIGHT (_only son of Thomas Ikin_). _b._ 1796; ed. at
Trin. coll. Cam., B.A. 1817; assumed surname of Crosse 8 Sep.
1828; sheriff of Lancashire 1837; M.P. for Wigan 1 July 1841 to
April 1842 when unseated on petition. _d._ 75 Cambridge terrace,
Hyde park, London 21 March 1886.

CROSSLEY, SIR FRANCIS, 1 Baronet (_youngest son of John Crossley of
Halifax, carpet manufacturer, who d. 17 Jany. 1837_). _b._ Halifax
26 Oct. 1817; carpet manufacturer at Dean Clough mills, Halifax,
the largest concern of the kind in the world; M.P. for Halifax
1852–59, for west riding of Yorkshire 1859–65, for north west
riding 1865–68, for north division of west riding 1868 to death;
mayor of Halifax 1849 and 1850; founded 21 almshouses at Halifax
1855; donor of the People’s park, Halifax at cost of £41,300,
opened 14 Aug. 1857, where a statue of him was erected 14 Aug.
1860; created baronet 23 Jany. 1863; author of _Canada and United
States_ 1856. _d._ Belle Vue, Halifax 5 Jany. 1872, personalty
sworn under £800,000, 27 May 1872. _Thrift by S. Smiles_ (1875)
205–17; _Enoch Mellor’s A true life_ 1872; _Illust. news of the
world iii_ (1859), _portrait_; _Family Friend 1 March 1870 pp._
39–43, _portrait_; _I.L.N. lx_, 55, 57, 587 (1872), _portrait_.

CROSSLEY, JAMES (_son of James Crossley of Halifax, clothing
merchant 1767–1831_). _b._ The Mount, Halifax 31 March 1800;
articled to Thomas Ainsworth of Manchester, attorney 1817; partner
in firm of Ainsworth, Crossley and Sudlow at Manchester 1823–24
when Ainsworth died, partner in firm of Crossley and Sudlow
1824–60 when he retired; pres. of Incorporated Law Assoc. of
Manchester 1840 and 1857; pres. of Manchester Athenæum 1847–50;
pres. of Chetham Soc. Dec. 1847 to death, this society was mooted
at his house in Booth st. Piccadilly early in 1843 and founded at
the Chetham library 23 March 1843; F.S.A. 16 Dec. 1852; member of
Surtees Soc. 1858, vice pres. 1861; pres. of Spencer Soc. 1866;
the first pres. of Record Soc. 1878; one of chief contributors to
_Retrospective Review_ 1820; collected a library of 100,000
volumes, part of which was sold at Manchester, May 1884, and the
remainder in London, July 1884 and June 1885; edited for the
Chetham Soc. _Potts’s Discovery of witches in the county of
Lancaster_ 1845; _The diary and correspondence of Dr. John
Worthington 2 vols._ 1847–55; author of _Vade-Mecum to Hatton_
1867 privately printed. _d._ the Stocks house, Cheetham hill road,
Manchester 1 Aug. 1883. _bur._ Kersal church 6 Aug. _Palatine note
book iii_, 221–29 (1883), _portrait_; _J. Evans’s Lancashire
authors and orators_ (1850) 67–72; _W. Smith’s Old Yorkshire iii_,
49, _portrait_; _Antiquarian Mag. iv_, 198–202 (1883);
_Bibliographer, Sep. 1883, pp._ 97–9; _Manchester Guardian 2 Aug.
1883, p. 6, cols. 1–5_; _Momus 11 March 1880_, _portrait_.

NOTE.—He is described under the initial C in an article called
The Theatre in W. H. Ainsworth’s “December Tales” 1823 pp.
165–79, the article was written by J. P. Aston author of Sir
John Chiverton.

CROSSLEY, JOHN (_brother of Sir Francis Crossley 1817–72_). _b._
Halifax 16 May 1812; mayor of Halifax 1849, 1850, 1861 and 1862;
M.P. for Halifax 3 Feb. 1874 to Feb. 1877; built with his brothers
Sir F. Crossley and Joseph Crossley (who _d._ 14 Sep. 1868) the
Crossley Orphan house and school on Skircoat Moor about 1861. _d._
Broomfield, Halifax 16 April 1879. _Weekly Welcome_ (1879) 357–8,
_portrait_.

CROSSLEY, JOHN SYDNEY. _b._ Loughborough 25 Dec. 1812; engineer to
Leicester Canal company 1832; resident engineer to Midland Railway
company 1857, engineer in chief 1858 to April 1875; M.I.C.E. 1
March 1859. _d._ Barrow upon Soar 10 June 1879. _Min. of proc. of
Instit. of C.E. lviii_, 341–43 (1879).

CROWDER, SIR RICHARD BUDDEN (_eld. son of Wm. Henry Crowder of
Montagu place, London_). _b._ London 1796; ed. at Eton and Trin.
coll. Cam.; barrister L.I. 25 May 1821; went Western circuit; Q.C.
1837; recorder of Bristol, Aug. 1846 to April 1854; counsel of the
Admiralty and judge advocate of the Fleet, Aug. 1849 to March
1854; M.P. for Liskeard 3 Jany. 1849 to March 1854; justice of
Court of Common Pleas, March 1854 to death; serjeant at law, March
1854; knighted at St. James’s palace 3 May 1854. _d._ 17 Carlton
house terrace, London 5 Dec. 1859. _Traits of character by a
contemporary i_, 251–82 (1860); _Eton portrait gallery_ (1876)
445–47.

CROWDY, CHARLES (_3 son of James Crowdy of Highworth, Wilts.
solicitor_). _b._ Highworth, March 1786; entered navy 7 Sep. 1799;
captain 13 Jany. 1834; placed on retired list 1 July 1851; retired
admiral 18 Oct. 1867. _d._ Pittville lawn, Cheltenham 17 May 1870.

CROWDY, JOHN. _b._ Lewknor, Oxon. 6 Jany. 1834; foreign editor of
the _Guardian_ 1854 to death; editor successively of _The
Choirmaster_, _The Musician_, _The Musical Standard_, and _The
Artist_ from its commencement 15 Jany. 1880; published _The church
choirmaster_ 1864; _A free chant service_ 1865; _A recitative
service_ 1865; _A short commentary on Handel’s The Messiah_ 1875;
author of a system of recitative for psalms and canticles in
Congregational worship called ‘Free Chant’, designed to provide
for an undisturbed delivery of the words with suitable musical
chords or cadences without necessity of signs. _d._ Addlestone,
Surrey 12 Jany. 1883. _The Artist 1 Feb. 1883 pp._ 45, 48.

CROWE, CATHERINE ANN (_dau. of John Stevens of Clarges street,
Piccadilly, London_). _b._ Englefield Green, Kent 1790; lived in
Edinburgh many years; a disciple of George Combe; one of the
persons to whom authorship of _The Vestiges of Creation_ was
attributed 1841; author of _Aristodemus, a tragedy_ 1838, _anon._;
_The adventures of Susan Hopley 3 vols._ 1841, a dramatic version
of this novel entitled _Susan Hopley or the vicissitudes of a
servant girl_ by Dibdin Pitt was produced at the Victoria theatre,
London 31 May 1841 and played more than 300 nights; _Men and
women, or manorial rights 3 vols._ 1843; _The Seerest of Prevorst,
translated from Kerner_ 1845; _The story of Lilly Dawson 2 vols._
1847; _The night side of nature, or Ghosts and ghost seers 2
vols._ 1848, _several eds._; _Light and darkness or mysteries of
life 3 vols._ 1850; _The adventures of a beauty, a novel 3 vols._
1852; _The cruel kindness, a drama in 5 acts performed at
Haymarket theatre, June 6, 1853_; _Linny Lockwood 2 vols._ 1853;
_Spiritualism and the age we live in_ 1859; _Adventures of a
monkey_ 1861 and many books for children. (_m._ Oct. 1822 in
London, lieut.-col. John Crowe who _d._ 7 March 1860). Resided at
22 Sandgate road, Folkestone, where she became bedridden and
_died_ of natural decay on 14 June 1872; Her son and only child
Capt. John William Crowe is resident Leonard lodge, Dover road,
Folkestone 1888. _Victoria Mag. xxxiii_, 35–44 (1879); _Colburn’s
New monthly mag. xcvi_, 439–45 (1852).

CROWE, EYRE EVANS (_son of David Crowe, captain in H.E.I.Co.’s
army_). _b._ Redbridge, Southampton 20 March 1799; ed. at Carlow
and Trin. coll. Dublin; Paris correspondent of _Morning Chronicle_
1832–44, joined staff of _Daily News_ 1846, editor 1849–51; author
of _The pleasures of Melancholy, and a Saxon tale_ 1819; _To-day
in Ireland_ 1825; _Yesterday in Ireland_ 1829; _The History of
France 3 vols._ 1830–31 and _Lives of Foreign Statesmen_ 1833 both
in Lardner’s Cabinet Cyclopædia; _Connemara_ 1843; _Charles
Delmer, a story of the day_ 1853; _The Greek and the Turk or
powers and prospects in the Levant_ 1853; _History of the reigns
of Louis xviii and Charles x 2 vols._ 1854; _The History of France
5 vols._ 1858–68. _d._ 56 Beaumont st. Marylebone, London 25 Feb.
1868.

CROWE, JOHN. Ensign 32 foot 7 Aug. 1800, captain 30 May 1805 to 4
May 1826; major on h.p. 4 May 1826; served in Peninsula, July 1811
to end of the war 1814; lieut.-col. 10 Jany. 1837; retired 1846;
K.H. 1837. _d._ Fairlea villa near Bideford 7 March 1860 aged 77.

CROWE, SIR JOHN RICE. Served in the Russian navy 6 years; British
vice-consul at Hamerfest in Norway, May 1824, consul there 14
March 1837; consul general in Norway 16 Aug. 1843 to 2 April 1875
when he retired on a pension; C.B. 5 Dec. 1859; knighted at
Windsor Castle 7 July 1874. _d._ near Christiania 10 Jany. 1877
aged 84. _Times 24 Jany. 1877 p. 6, col. 4._

CROWFOOT, REV. JOHN RUSTAT (_son of Wm. Henchman Crowfoot of
Beccles, Suffolk, surgeon_). _b._ Beccles, 21 Feb. 1817; ed. at
Eton and Caius coll. Cam., 12 wrangler 1839, B.A. 1839, M.A. 1842,
B.D. 1849, fellow of his college 1840–52; C. of Eynesbury, Hunts.
1840–47; C. of St. Mary the Great, Cam. 1852–54; P.C. of
Southwold, Suffolk 1854–60; V. of Wangfordcum-Reydon, Suffolk 1860
to death; published _Remarks on the University of Cambridge_ 1848;
_Academic notes on Holy Scripture 1st series_ 1850; _Plea for a
colonial college at Cambridge_ 1854; _Fragmenta Evangelica_ 1870;
_Observations on the collation in Greek of Cureton’s Syriac
Fragments of the Gospels_ 1872. _d._ Wangford vicarage 18 March
1875.

CROWLEY, ABRAHAM. Head of brewing firm of A. Crowley and Co. at
Alton, Hants.; many refreshment houses were established in London
and other places which especially supplied Crowley’s ales; built
and supported a British school for 150 girls at Alton 1845. _d._
Alton 6 May 1864 aged 70. _Hampshire Chronicle 14 May 1864 p. 5._

CROWLEY, NICHOLAS JOSEPH (_3 son of Peter Crowley of Dublin_). _b._
Dublin 6 Dec. 1819; a pupil of Royal Dublin Society; exhibited 46
pictures at the R.A. 1835–57; member of Royal Hibernian academy
1838; painted several portraits of Daniel O’Connell 1844; painted
‘Taking the Veil’ for St. Vincent’s hospital, Dublin 1845, in the
background of this picture there is a portrait of himself; many of
his pictures were engraved and lithographed. _d._ 13 Upper Fitzroy
st. London 4 Nov. 1857.

CROWLEY, PETER O’NEILL (_son of Mr. Crowley of Ballymacoda, co.
Cork, tenant farmer_). _b._ Ballymacoda 23 May 1832; a farmer;
joined the Fenian movement; one of the party who attacked
Knockadoon coastguard station 5 March 1867; mortally wounded in a
fight with the constabulary in Kilclooney wood, co. Cork 31 March
1867. _d._ Mitchelstown 31 March 1867. _bur._ at Ballymacoda 2
April. _John Savage’s Fenian heroes and martyrs_ (1868) 262–66,
273–80.

CROWTHER, REV. JONATHAN (_son of Rev. Timothy Crowther of St.
Austell, Cornwall, methodist minister 1757–1829_). _b._ St.
Austell 31 July 1794; ed. at Kingswood school, Gloucs.; head
master Woodhouse Grove school near Bradford 1814–16; head master
of Kingswood sch. 1823; general superintendent of Wesleyan
missions in India 1837–43; classical tutor in Wesleyan Theological
Institution at Didsbury, Lancs. 1849; edited _London Quarterly
Review_; author of _The Methodist manual_ 1810, _2 ed._ 1811; _A
defence of the Wesleyan Theological institution_, _3 ed._ 1834;
_Sermons_ 1839. _d._ at house of Rev. Wm. Williams at Leeds 16
Jany. 1856. _The Pulpit iv_, (1825), _portrait_; _Slugg’s
Woodhouse Grove school_ (1885) 92–6.

CROZIER, RICHARD (_eld. son of Rawson Bodham Crozier of West hill,
Freshwater, Isle of Wight 1775–1849_). _b._ 26 Aug. 1803; entered
navy 1 Nov. 1813; captain 20 March 1839; admiral on h.p. 1 April
1870; K.T.S. May 1824. _d._ Westhill 3 Feb. 1880.

CROZIER, WILLIAM. Studied at St. Bartholomew’s hospital; M.R.C.S.
1839, F.R.C.S. 1862; assistant surgeon H.E.I. Co. 1842; professor
of anatomy and physiology at the Medical college, Calcutta 1855 to
death. _d._ on board P. and O. steamer Simla on his way to England
19 Nov. 1862 aged 45.