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Crofts (surname)
Crofts is a surname of English origin. The name refers to: * Andrew Crofts (b. 1953), English writer * Andrew Crofts (b. 1984), Welsh professional football player *Carole Crofts (b. 1959), British diplomat *Daniel Webster Crofts (1828–1852), American lawyer and Mason; founder of the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity *Dash Crofts (b. 1940), American musician; half of the 1970s singing duo Seals and Crofts *Ernest Crofts (1847–1911), English painter *Freeman Wills Crofts (1879–1957), Irish-English mystery author *Hayley Crofts (b. 1988), New Zealand netball player * Lewis Crofts (b. 1977), English journalist and author *Marion Crofts (1966–1981), murder victim * Stella Rebecca Crofts (1898–1964), English artist *Thomas Crofts (1722–1781), English Anglican priest, bibliophile, and Fellow of the Royal Society * William Carr Crofts (1846–1894), English lawyer and entrepreneur *William Crofts, 1st Baron Crofts William Crofts, 1st Baron Crofts (c.1611–1677) was an English baro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surname
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Murder Of Marion Crofts
In June 1981, fourteen-year old Marion Crofts was raped and murdered in Aldershot, England. The case is notable for the 21 year delay in justice before former soldier Tony Jasinskyj was found guilty as a result of advances in DNA testing and sentenced to life in prison.DNA link traps girl's killer after 21 years - '''', 11 May 2002 He is up for in 2022, despite him never having admitted his guilt and the DNA evidence proving that the chances of the perpetrator being anyone other than Jasinsky ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English-language Surnames
English is a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language of the Indo-European language family, with its earliest forms spoken by the inhabitants of early medieval England. It is named after the Angles, one of the ancient Germanic peoples that migrated to the island of Great Britain. Existing on a dialect continuum with Scots language, Scots, and then closest related to the Low German, Low Saxon and Frisian languages, English is Genetic relationship (linguistics), genealogically West Germanic language, West Germanic. However, its vocabulary is also distinctively influenced by Langues d'oïl, dialects of France (about List of English words of French origin, 29% of Modern English words) and Latin (also about 29%), plus some grammar and a small amount of core vocabulary influenced by Old Norse (a North Germanic language). Speakers of English are called Anglophones. The earliest forms of English, collectively known as Old English, evolved from a group of West Germanic (Ingvae ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surnames Of British Isles Origin
In some cultures, a surname, family name, or last name is the portion of one's personal name that indicates one's family, tribe or community. Practices vary by culture. The family name may be placed at either the start of a person's full name, as the forename, or at the end; the number of surnames given to an individual also varies. As the surname indicates genetic inheritance, all members of a family unit may have identical surnames or there may be variations; for example, a woman might marry and have a child, but later remarry and have another child by a different father, and as such both children could have different surnames. It is common to see two or more words in a surname, such as in compound surnames. Compound surnames can be composed of separate names, such as in traditional Spanish culture, they can be hyphenated together, or may contain prefixes. Using names has been documented in even the oldest historical records. Examples of surnames are documented in the 11th ce ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croft (surname)
Croft is a surname; notable people with this surname include: *Chancy Croft (born 1937), American politician, father of Eric Croft *Chris Croft, American politician *David Croft (broadcaster), "Crofty", British TV commentator *David Croft (TV producer), British TV sitcom writer *Douglas Croft, American actor *Eric Croft (born 1964), American politician, son of Chancy Croft * George W. Croft (1846–1904), American politician, father of Theodore G. Croft *Henry Croft, Australian-Canadian businessman * Herbert Croft (other), several people *Henry Page Croft, 1st Baron Croft *James Croft, Lord Deputy of Ireland in the sixteenth century *Jennifer Croft, American translator *Julia Croft, New Zealand performance artist *Mary Jane Croft, American actress * Paddy Croft, actress *Peta-Kaye Croft, Australian politician *Richard Croft (tenor), American operatic tenor *Steven Croft (bishop), Bishop of Oxford * Theodore G. Croft (1874–1920), American politician, son of George W. Crof ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Croft (other)
Croft may refer to: Occupations * Croft (land), a small area of land, often with a crofter's dwelling * Crofting, small-scale food production * Bleachfield, an open space used for the bleaching of fabric, also called a croft Locations In the United Kingdom * Croft, Cheshire, in the Borough of Warrington *Croft, Leicestershire *Croft, Lincolnshire *Croft, Herefordshire **Croft Castle, Herefordshire *Croft-on-Tees, North Yorkshire *Croft (Aberdeenshire castle), a former keep in Scotland *The Croft, a listed house in Totteridge, Barnet *Croft Circuit, a motor racing circuit in northeast England In the United States * Croft, California, in El Dorado County *Croft, Kansas People *Croft (surname) *Crofts (surname) See also *Crofts End, Bristol *Crofton, Cumbria *Crofton, British Columbia Crofton is a small west coast town within the District of North Cowichan of southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, east of BC Highway 1 about north of Victoria. Early settlers In the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Crofts, 1st Baron Crofts
William Crofts, 1st Baron Crofts (c.1611–1677) was an English baron and Gentleman of the Bedchamber to Charles II. Life He was the son of Sir Henry Crofts, MP, of Little Saxham, Suffolk. He moved to court c.1630 as a servant of Queen Henrietta Maria, the consort of Charles I. The lady in waiting to Elizabeth Stuart, Queen of Bohemia known as "Margaret Crofts" has sometimes been identified as his sister. However, the will of Margaret Croft from Herefordshire seems to identify her as this royal servant. William Crofts carried letters to the court of Elizabeth of Bohemia. In 1644 his brother was shot in the head by the queen's court dwarf Jeffrey Hudson. Henrietta Maria wrote to Cardinal Mazarin to intercede for Hudson's life. During the Civil War he remained loyal to the king and queen, and was rewarded by the grant of several manors in Essex and Suffolk. He followed Charles II into exile in France and in 1651-52 was sent on diplomatic missions to Eastern Europe, primar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
William Carr Crofts
William Carr Crofts (1846–1894) was an English architect and entrepreneur who was a photographic pioneer. History Crofts was born in Bradford, West Yorkshire and became an architect. With his cousin, Wordsworth Donisthorpe, he was one of the founders of the Liberty and Property Defence League in 1882. In 1890 he and Donisthorpe were able to produce a moving picture of London's Trafalgar Square. In 1891 with Donisthorpe he was awarded a patent for a camera capable of producing instantaneous photographs. At the time Crofts was a gentleman living at Westminster Chambers, Victoria Street. Crofts' brother, Ernest Crofts Ernest Crofts (15 September 1847 – 19 March 1911) was a British painter of historical and military scenes. Biography Born in Leeds on 15 September 1847, Ernest was son of John Crofts, Esq. of Adal, near Leeds, a Justice of the Peace, and gra ..., was a rather successful painter. In fact, at circa 1888 one of Ernest Crofts' paintings titled "Marston M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thomas Crofts
The Reverend and Learned Thomas Crofts FRS FSA (1722 – 8 November 1781) was a British bibliophile, Anglican priest, Fellow of the Royal Society and European traveller. Early life Crofts was born in Monmouth, Wales and was the son of John Crofts. At the age of 17 he matriculated at Wadham College, Oxford. The University of Oxford awarded him the degree Bachelor of Arts in February 1743 and the degree Master of Arts in 1746. The Grand Tour In the following 20 years Crofts alternated between the closeted life of a Fellow of an Oxford College and at least three extended tours of Europe. On one such visit (1758–1759) he accompanied a young Oxford Graduate, Thomas Knight, a cousin and future benefactor of the family of Jane Austen the novelist, on the Grand Tour. On such visits Crofts brought back many rare books and coins. In 1763 Crofts was installed as Rector of Donyat, Somerset. He then travelled to Aleppo, Syria where he was chaplain to the English Factory in the late 17 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stella Rebecca Crofts
Stella Rebecca Crofts (9 January 1898 – 1964) was a British artist who had a prolific career creating paintings, sculpture and pottery. Biography Crofts was born in Nottingham and raised at Ilford in Essex. Due to extended periods of ill-health as a child, Crofts was largely home-schooled before studying at the Central School of Arts and Crafts in central London from 1916 to 1922 and then spending a year at the Royal College of Art where she studied pottery and sculpture. After graduating, Crofts returned to Essex and set up a studio with a kiln. She first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1925 and went on to have works shown in Venice, Milan and Toronto. In Paris, Crofts was awarded a silver medal at the Exposition des Arts Decoratifs in 1925. Crofts was elected an Associate of the Society of Women Artists in 1924, becoming a full member in 1925 and exhibiting over 200 works at the Society during her career. She continued to exhibit at the Royal Academy and had a solo show a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lewis Crofts
Lewis Charles Crofts, (born in Blackburn, UK on 5 November 1977), is an English author and journalist. He studied Modern and Medieval Languages at St Catherine’s College, Oxford University. He has lived in Hanover ( Germany), France, Prague ( Czech Republic) and Brussels ( Belgium), working as a journalist and translator. His first book, ''The Pornographer of Vienna'', is a novel based on the life of Austrian painter Egon Schiele Egon Leo Adolf Ludwig Schiele (; 12 June 1890 – 31 October 1918) was an Austrian Expressionist painter. His work is noted for its intensity and its raw sexuality, and for the many self-portraits the artist produced, including nude self-portr ... who was famous for his sexually explicit depictions of the Viennese underworld. It was published in June 2007 by Old Street Publishing in the UK and in July 2008 in North America. The novel was published in Italy in September 2008 by Marco Tropea under the title ''Il pornografo di Vienna''. Other ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
English People
The English people are an ethnic group and nation native to England, who speak the English language in England, English language, a West Germanic languages, West Germanic language, and share a common history and culture. The English identity is of History of Anglo-Saxon England, Anglo-Saxon origin, when they were known in Old English as the ('race or tribe of the Angles'). Their ethnonym is derived from the Angles, one of the Germanic peoples who migrated to Great Britain around the 5th century AD. The English largely descend from two main historical population groups the West Germanic tribes (the Angles, Saxons, Jutes and Frisians) who settled in southern Britain following the withdrawal of the Ancient Rome, Romans, and the Romano-British culture, partially Romanised Celtic Britons already living there.Martiniano, R., Caffell, A., Holst, M. et al. Genomic signals of migration and continuity in Britain before the Anglo-Saxons. Nat Commun 7, 10326 (2016). https://doi.org/10 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
