Sir Herbert Croft, 9th Baronet

Sir Herbert George Denman Croft, 9th Baronet (25 July 1838 – 11 February 1902)^[1] was an English Conservative Party politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1868 to 1874.

Croft was the son of Sir Archer Denman Croft, 8th Baronet and his wife Julia Barbara Corbet, widow of Athelstan Corbet and daughter of General Garstin. He was educated at Eton College and at Merton College, Oxford graduating BA in 1860 and MA in 1864. He was called to the bar at the Inner Temple in 1861 and went the Oxford Circuit. He inherited the baronetcy on the death of his father in 1865, He was a J.P. and Deputy Lieutenant for Herefordshire and lieutenant in the Herefordshire Militia.^[2]

At the 1868 general election Croft was elected as a Member of Parliament (MP) for Herefordshire.^[3] He held the seat until the 1874 general election, when he did not stand again.^[3]

Croft died at the age of 63.

Croft married in 1865, his cousin Georgiana Eliza Lucy March, daughter of Matthew Henry Marsh MP for Salisbury from 1857 to 1868.

References

^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "H" (part 2)
^ Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1870
^ ^a ^b Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1977]. British parliamentary election results 1832–1885 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 396. ISBN 0-900178-26-4.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Herbert Croft

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by James King Sir Joseph Russell Bailey, Bt Michael Biddulph	Member of Parliament for Herefordshire 1868 – 1874 With: Sir Joseph Russell Bailey, Bt Michael Biddulph	Succeeded by Daniel Peploe Sir Joseph Russell Bailey, Bt Michael Biddulph

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Name	Croft, Herbert
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Short description	British politician
Date of birth	25 July 1838
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Date of death	11 February 1902
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