Peerage Record – 32483

     Sir John Archibald Radcliffe Croft, 5th Bt. was born on 27 March 1910.¹ He was the son of Tom Radcliffe Croft and Louise Sales.² He married Lucy Elizabeth Jupp, daughter of Major William Dallas Loney Jupp, on 26 September 1953.¹ He died circa 16 November 1990 at Canterbury, Kent, England.^1,3
     He gained the rank of Major in the West Yorkshire Regiment (PWO.)¹ He fought in the Second World War, where he was wounded twice.¹ He succeeded as the 5th Baron da Serra da Estrella [Portugal, 1854] in 1979.¹ He succeeded as the 5th Baronet Croft, of Cowling Hall, Yorkshire [U.K., 1818] in 1979.¹

     Major William Dallas Loney Jupp was appointed Officer, Order of the British Empire (O.B.E.)¹

     Lucy Elizabeth Jupp was born circa 1923.² She was the daughter of Major William Dallas Loney Jupp.³ She married Sir John Archibald Radcliffe Croft, 5th Bt., son of Tom Radcliffe Croft and Louise Sales, on 26 September 1953.¹ She died on 9 July 2003.²
     She gained the rank of Lieutenant in the Auxiliary Territorial Service.¹ She gained the rank of HonoraryColonel in the Women’s Royal Army Corps (Territorial Army.)¹ From 26 September 1953, her married name became Croft. She lived in 2003 at The Barn House, Rayham Road, Whitstable, Kent, England^G.¹

     Cyril Bernard Croft was born on 6 June 1918.¹ He was the son of Tom Radcliffe Croft and Louise Sales.² He married, firstly, Sheila Maisie Cox, daughter of Henry Clark Cox, on 18 September 1957.¹ He married, secondly, Anne Heather Newbatt Bessant, daughter of Howard Cormack Bessant, in 1980.¹ He died in 2007.³
     He gained the rank of Lieutenant in the The Buffs.¹ He lived in 2003 at Rayham Meadow, Whitstable, Kent, England^G.¹

     Sheila Maisie Cox was the daughter of Henry Clark Cox.² She married Cyril Bernard Croft, son of Tom Radcliffe Croft and Louise Sales, on 18 September 1957.¹ She died in 1979.¹
     Kent.¹ She lived Whitstable.¹ Her married name became Croft.

     Diana Louise Croft was born on 29 January 1959.¹ She is the daughter of Cyril Bernard Croft and Sheila Maisie Cox.² She married Neil Frederick Crumbie.¹
     Her married name became Crumbie.¹

     Neil Frederick Crumbie married Diana Louise Croft, daughter of Cyril Bernard Croft and Sheila Maisie Cox.¹

     Wendy Jane Croft was born on 3 June 1961.¹ She is the daughter of Cyril Bernard Croft and Sheila Maisie Cox.²

     Rosalind Editha Louise Croft was born on 2 October 1914.¹ She was the daughter of Tom Radcliffe Croft and Louise Sales.² She died on 4 January 1991 at age 76.¹