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     Clifton Hazelwood Eliott was born on 21 November 1872.² He was the son of Francis Willoughby Eliott and Sara Jane Richards.² He married Mary Isabel Wilson, daughter of Reverend R. W. Wilson, on 3 May 1905.² He died in 1938.²

     Antony John Croft was born on 10 May 1940.¹ He is the son of F/O Archer John Croft and Marcie Issell Heathfield Eliott.¹ He married, firstly, Kathleen Frances Kelsall, daughter of R. F. Kelsall, on 16 April 1966.¹ He and Kathleen Frances Kelsall were divorced in 1978.¹ He married, secondly, Lynda Forrest in 1978.¹ He married, thirdly, Gliceria Hollbrook in 1987.¹ He and Lynda Forrest were divorced before 1987.¹

     David Archer Croft was born on 9 June 1946.¹ He is the son of F/O Archer John Croft and Marcie Issell Heathfield Eliott.¹ He married Violeta Deikus, daughter of V. Deikus, in 1971.¹

     Stephan Hugh Croft was born on 15 June 1953.¹ He is the son of F/O Archer John Croft and Marcie Issell Heathfield Eliott.¹

     Phyllis Lucy Croft was born on 25 April 1901.¹ She was the daughter of Sir Hugh Matthew Fiennes Croft, 12th Bt. and Lucy Isabel Taylor.¹ She married George Stuart Robertson Park on 24 November 1923.¹ She died in 1996.¹
     Her married name became Park.

     George Stuart Robertson Park married Phyllis Lucy Croft, daughter of Sir Hugh Matthew Fiennes Croft, 12th Bt. and Lucy Isabel Taylor, on 24 November 1923.¹

     Brig.-Gen. William Denman Croft was born on 15 March 1879.¹ He was the son of Sir Herbert George Denman Croft, 9th Bt. and Georgiana Eliza Lucy Marsh.¹ He married Esmé Sutton, daughter of Sir Arthur Edwin Sutton, 7th Bt. and Cecil Blanche Dumbleton, on 23 May 1912.¹ He died on 14 July 1968 at age 89.¹
     He was educated at Oxford Military College, Hollow Way, Cowley, Oxfordshire, England^G.¹ He fought in the First World War, where he was mentioned in despatches ten times.¹ He was Temporary Lieutenant-Colonel of the 11th Battalion, Royal Scots between 1915 and 1917.¹ He was awarded the Companion, Distinguished Service Order (D.S.O.) in 1916 with three bars (1917 twice and 1918.)¹ He was Temporary Brigadier-General|a Brigade between 1917 and 1919.¹ He was awarded the Chevalier, Ordre national de la Légion d'honneur.¹ He was appointed Companion, Order of St. Michael and St. George (C.M.G.) in 1919.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in the Cameronian Scottish Rifles.¹ He gained the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel in 1923 in the Royal Tanks Corps, India.¹ He was Temporary Brigadier and Commandant of the Royal Tanks Corps Centre between 1929 and 1931.¹ He was Temporary Brigadier and Brigade Commander of the India in 1931.¹ He fought in the Mohmand Operations in 1933, where he was mentioned in despatches.¹ He retired from the military in 1934, with the rank of Honorary Brigadier-General.¹ He was appointed Companion, Order of the Bath (C.B.) in 1935.¹

     Esmé Sutton was born in 1886.² She was the daughter of Sir Arthur Edwin Sutton, 7th Bt. and Cecil Blanche Dumbleton.^1,2 She married Brig.-Gen. William Denman Croft, son of Sir Herbert George Denman Croft, 9th Bt. and Georgiana Eliza Lucy Marsh, on 23 May 1912.¹ She died in 1977.¹
     Her married name became Croft.

     Sir Arthur Edwin Sutton, 7th Bt. was born on 24 September 1857.² He was the son of Sir Richard Sutton, 4th Bt. and Harriet Anne Burton.² He married Cecil Blanche Dumbleton, daughter of Walter Douglas Dumbleton, on 11 September 1885.² He died on 4 February 1948 at age 90.²
     He succeeded as the 7th Baronet Sutton, of Norwood Park, co. Nottingham [G.B., 1772] on 29 November 1918.²

     Major Owen George Scudmore Croft was born on 14 May 1880.¹ He was the son of Sir Herbert George Denman Croft, 9th Bt. and Georgiana Eliza Lucy Marsh.¹ He married Stella Isabel Bouwer, daughter of Nicholas Bouwer, on 4 August 1909.¹ He died on 29 February 1956 at age 75.¹
     He held the office of Justice of the Peace (J.P.) for Herefordshire in 1909.¹ He gained the rank of Major in the Shropshire Yeomanry.¹ He fought in the First World War between 1914 and 1918.¹ He held the office of High Sheriff of Herefordshire in 1943.¹