Robert Croke (c 1636 – 30 July 1671) was an English lawyer and politician who sat in the

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from 1661 to 1671. Croke was the son of Sir Robert Croke of

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, Oxfordshire and his wife Susanna Van Lore, daughter of Sir

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, 1st Baronet of Tilehurst, Berkshire.History of Parliament Online - Croke, Robert
/ref> He matriculated at

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on 24 June 1653.'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Covert-Cutts', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 (1891), pp. 338-365. Date accessed: 19 June 2012
/ref> He was a student of

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in 1655 and was called to the bar in 1661. He lived at Chequers and in 1661, he was elected

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for

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in the

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. He was commissioner for assessment for Buckinghamshire from 1661 to 1669, and was

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in 1662. Croke died unmarried at the age of 35, and was buried at Ellesborough.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Croke, Robert 1636 births 1671 deaths English MPs 1661–1679 Alumni of The Queen's College, Oxford Members of the Inner Temple English lawyers 17th-century English lawyers