Baron Croft, of Bournemouth

Bournemouth

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 in the County of Southampton, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom

Peerage of the United Kingdom

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. It was created in 1940 for the Conservative

Conservative Party (UK)

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 politician Sir Henry Page Croft, 1st Baronet

Henry Page Croft, 1st Baron Croft

Henry Page Croft, 1st Baron Croft was a British Conservative Party politician.-Early life and family:He was born at Fanhams Hall in Ware, Hertfordshire, England. He was the son of Richard Benyon Croft a naval officer and a major benefactor of the Richard Hale School, and Anne Elizabeth...

. He had already been created a Baronet in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom in 1924. Croft was the grandson of Reverend Richard Croft, third son of Dr. Sir Richard Croft, 6th Baronet, of Croft Castle

Croft Castle

Croft Castle is a manor house and associated buildings near the village of Yarpole in Herefordshire, England some to the north-west of Leominster .-11th century origin:...

. the titles are held by the first Baron's grandson, the third Baron, who succeeded his father in 1997. As a descendant of the sixth Croft Baronet of Croft Castle he is also in remainder to this title.

Barons Croft (1940)

• Henry Page Croft, 1st Baron Croft
  Henry Page Croft, 1st Baron Croft
  Henry Page Croft, 1st Baron Croft was a British Conservative Party politician.-Early life and family:He was born at Fanhams Hall in Ware, Hertfordshire, England. He was the son of Richard Benyon Croft a naval officer and a major benefactor of the Richard Hale School, and Anne Elizabeth...
  
  (1881–1947)
• Michael Henry Glendower Page Croft, 2nd Baron Croft (1916–1997)
• Bernard William Henry Page Croft, 3rd Baron Croft (b. 1949)

There is no heir to the barony and baronetcy.