Crofton baronets
There have been four baronetcies created for persons with the surname Crofton, two in the Baronetage of Ireland and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. As of 2014 three creations are extant.
The Crofton Baronetcy, of The Mote in the County of Roscommon, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 1 July 1661 for Edward Crofton. The title became extinct on the death of the fifth Baronet in 1780.
The Crofton Baronetcy, of The Mote in the County of Roscommon, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 12 June 1758 for Marcus Lowther-Crofton. He was the husband of Catherine, daughter of the fourth Baronet of the 1661 creation and had earlier assumed the surname of Crofton. For more information on this creation, see the Baron Crofton.
The Crofton Baronetcy, of Mohill in the County of Leitrim, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 10 August 1801 for Morgan Crofton. The sixth Baronet was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the 2nd Life Guards and fought in the Second Boer War, where he was severely wounded at the Relief of Ladysmith, and in the two world wars. His diaries from the First World War are published as Massacre of the Innocents: The Crofton Diaries, Ypres 1914–1915 (2004). Another member of the family, James Crofton, grandson of Morgan Crofton, third son of the first Baronet, was a Lieutenant-General in the Army. As of 31 January 2014 the present Baronet has not successfully proven his succession and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage, with the baronetcy considered dormant since 1987.[1]
The Crofton Baronetcy, of Longford House in the County of Sligo, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 18 August 1838 for James Crofton. He was descended from Thomas Crofton, uncle of the first Baronet of the 1661 creation. As of 31 January 2014 the present Baronet has not successfully proven his succession and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage, with the baronetcy considered dormant since 2002.[2]
Crofton baronets, of The Mote (1661)
- Sir Edward Crofton, 1st Baronet (1624–1675)
- Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Baronet (c. 1662–1729)
- Sir Edward Crofton, 3rd Baronet (1687–1739)
- Sir Edward Crofton, 4th Baronet (1713–1745)
- Sir Oliver Crofton, 5th Baronet (1710–1780)
Crofton baronets, of The Mote (1758)
- see the Baron Crofton
Crofton baronets, of Mohill (1801)
- Sir Morgan Crofton, 1st Baronet (1733–1802)
- Sir Hugh Crofton, 2nd Baronet (1763–1834)
- Sir Morgan George Crofton, 3rd Baronet (1788–1867)
- Sir Morgan George Crofton, 4th Baronet (1850–1900)
- Sir Hugh Denis Crofton, 5th Baronet (1878–1902)
- Sir Morgan George Crofton, 6th Baronet (1879–1958) [3]
- Sir Patrick Simon Crofton, 7th Baronet (1936–1987)
- Sir (Hugh) Denis Crofton, 8th Baronet (born 1937)
The heir presumptive is the present holder's brother Edward Morgan Crofton (b.1945).
The heir presumptive's heir apparent is his son Henry Morgan Crofton (born 1979).
Crofton baronets, of Longford House (1838)
- Sir James Crofton, 1st Baronet (1776–1849)
- Sir Malby Crofton, 2nd Baronet (1797–1872)
- Sir Malby Crofton, 3rd Baronet (1857–1926)
- Sir (Malby Richard) Henry Crofton, 4th Baronet (1881–1962)
- Sir Malby Sturges Crofton, 5th Baronet (1923–2002)
- Henry Edward Melville Crofton, 6th Baronet (1931–2003)
- Sir Julian Malby Crofton, 7th Baronet (born 1958).
The heir apparent is the present holder's son William Robert Malby Crofton (born 1996).
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References
- Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
- Leigh Rayment's list of baronets