Crofton is a surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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Anne Crofton, 1st Baroness Crofton
Anne Crofton, 1st Baroness Crofton (11 January 1751 – 12 August 1817) was an Ireland, Irish ''suo jure'' Peerage, peeress.
Biography
Anne Crofton (née Croker) was the daughter of Thomas Croker of Blackwater, County Kildare and Anne Ryves, daug ...
(1751–1817), Irish peeress in her own right
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C. S. F. Crofton (1873–1909), British philatelist and a member of the Indian Civil Service
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Eileen Crofton
Lady Eileen Crofton, (28 March 1919 – 8 October 2010) was a British physician and author. She was best known for her anti-smoking campaigns.
Early life and education
Crofton was born on 28 March 1919 in Liverpool. Her father was an electri ...
(1919-2010), Scottish physician, anti-smoking campaigner and author
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Edward Crofton (disambiguation) Edward Crofton may refer to:
*Edward Crofton, 2nd Baron Crofton (1806–1869), Anglo-Irish Conservative politician
* Sir Edward Crofton, 2nd Baronet (1748–1797), Irish politician
* Edward Crofton (cricketer) (1854–1882), English cricketer
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Guy Crofton, 7th Baron Crofton
Lieutenant-Colonel Guy Patrick Gilbert Crofton, 7th Baron Crofton (17 June 1951 – 25 November 200was an Irish Peer and British Army officer. He was commissioned into the 9th/12th Royal Lancers and served as a lieutenant-colonel and defence attach ...
(1951–2007), Anglo-Irish officer in the British Army
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John Crofton
Sir John Wenman Crofton (27 March 1912 – 3 November 2009) was a pioneer in the treatment of tuberculosis, who also spent the better part of his life raising awareness about the harmful effects of tobacco.
Early life and family
Crofton was born ...
(1912–2009), Anglo-Irish physician, pioneer in the treatment of tuberculosis
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Kathleen Crofton (died 1982), English dancer, dance director and dance teacher
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Meg Crofton
Meg Gilbert Crofton (born Mary Elizabeth Gilbert in 1953) is an American businesswoman, who served as president of Walt Disney Parks & Resorts in the United States and France. She was named to the position on August 7, 2006, replacing Al Weiss, w ...
(born 1953), American businesswoman, president of Walt Disney World Resort
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Morgan Crofton
Morgan Crofton (1826, Dublin, Ireland – 1915, Brighton, England) was an Irish mathematician who contributed to the field of geometric probability theory. He also worked with James Joseph Sylvester and contributed an article on probability to ...
(1826–1915), Irish mathematician
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Patrick Crofton
Patrick Dermott Crofton (29 May 1935 – 5 January 2016) was a Canadian politician, businessman and farmer. Crofton served as a Progressive Conservative party member of the House of Commons of Canada.
Crofton was first elected at the rid ...
(1935–2016), Canadian politician
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Walter Crofton
Sir Walter Frederick Crofton (1815–1897) was chair of the Board of Directors of Convict Prisons for Ireland between 1854 and 1862. He is sometimes cited as Alexander Maconochie's ideological heir. Under Crofton's system of prison administratio ...
(1815–1897), Anglo-Irish prison administrator and penal reformer
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Zachary Crofton
Zachary Crofton (1626–1672) was an Anglo-Irish nonconforming minister and controversialist, in England from the 1640s.
Life
He was born in Ireland and principally educated at Dublin. He came to England about 1646. His first living was at Wrenbur ...
(1626–1672), Anglo-Irish nonconforming minister and controversialist
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