Frederic Boase
Modern English Biography (volume 1 of 4) A-H
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.