Capt Duke Arthur Crofton RN
1850-1917
of Lakefield. County Leitrim.
Born: 1850
and died 1917 in France working for the Red Cross.
Son of: Maj
Gen Richard Henry Crofton RA (1818-1897) and Francis
Mary Crofton (nee Marsh, 1819-1906)
Brother of:
1. Amelia
Alicia Anne Isaac (nee Crofton, 1849-19??) who married John
Swinton Isaac.
2. Maj
Richard Martin Crofton RHA (1854-1899) who married Marion
Emma Heath (1856-1949).
3.
Maj Henry Caldwell Crofton RHA (1856-1947) who married Helen
Rose Ann Millman.
Duke married: 13th
November 1883, Augusta Maude Lefroy (1854-1938) daughter of Gen Sir
John Henry Lefroy RA, KCB, KCMG.
Duke and Augusta
had issue:
1. Hugh Lefroy Crofton (1884-1917).
2. Philip Duke Crofton OBE (1886-1951),
Commander RN, died 4 August 1954. Buried St Giles, Bradford-on-Tone.
3. John Henry Crofton (1889-1914) known
as Jack.
4. Sir Richard Marsh Crofton
(1891-1955). Prime Minister of Bahawalpur State in British
India 1942 to 1948.
5. Patrick George Crofton (1899-1938).
6. Amy Dundas Crofton (1893-1975).
7. Hilda
Frances Boles (nee Crofton, 1894-1943) who married Cmmd Geoffrey
Coleridge Boles (1887-1976?).
Capt Duke Arthur Crofton: An Overview
We know of Duke from the following sources:
1. The book "Crofton Memoirs" by Henry Thomas Crofton, 1911.
2. A note written by his grandson Jack Boles which is as follows:
Duke lived from 1850-1917. His family had lived at Lakefield, Mohill, County Leitrim in Ireland for many generations. He joined the Royal Navy and served on the China Station. He retired in 1897 and returned to farm at Lakefield and had a special interest in fruit growing. Although in his mid-sixties when the Great War started in 1914, he insisted on joining the Red Cross and died in France in 1917.
His son Sir Richard Marsh Crofton (1891-1955) had a daughter called Alison?
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