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Name: CROFT, Henry Page CMG, MP (Brig.-General), 1st Baron Croft

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Nee: 1st Baron Croft

Birth Date: 22 June 1881 Ware, Hertford

Death Date: 7 Dec 1947 Marylebone, London

First Date: 1937

Profession: Estate owner

Area: Karimu Estate, Ruiru

Married: In London 10 July 1907 Hon. Nancy Beatrice Borwick b. 17 July 1884 Pancras, London, d. 24 Jan 1949 Henley on Thames (dau of 1st Baron Borwick and later m. William Ward Warer, MP)

Children: Michael Henry Glendower Page (20 Aug 1916 Kensington-1997); Hilda Elizabeth Mary (1909 London-2005); Nancy Diana Joyce (31 Mar 1912 Kensington-1999); Anne Rosemary Dorothea (1918 Kensington-2015)

Book Reference: Hut, Debrett, Burke, Eton, Eton Obs, Wikipedia

War Service: Lieut.-Col. (TD) Brevet Col. and Hon. Brig.-Gen. 1st Battn. Hertfordshire Regt. WW1 - despatches twice

School: Eton 1894-96, Shrewsbury and Trinity Hall, Cambridge

General Information:

Under-Sec of State for War 1940 when ennobled
See Wikipedia for life story

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