673 KNIGHTS OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE [CBOOEES 1890 (despatches), in China 1900-1, comdg. 2nd Brig, (despatches, medal) ; commanded a 2nd class district in India, and was Political Resident at Aden 1898-1900 ; in command of forces in China 1901-3 (received thanks of Sec. of State for Foreign Affairs, K.C.B.); commanded 5th div. Western command India 1903-5, and 2nd div Northern Army from 1905-7 ; mil. sec. to India Office 1907-9 : Commander-in-Chief in India 1909-14 ; col. 129th Duke of Connaught's Own Baluehis ; has 2nd class Rising Sun of Japan, and is Knt. of Grace of the Order of St. John of Jerusalem. Residence — 16, Chelsea Embank- ment Gardens, S.W. Club — United Service. Issue by 1st m. — May Geraldine, in. 1900, Harold Jlontaguo Williams, C.E. Issue by 2nd m. — Duncan Vandeleur Croagh, lieut. 7th Hussars, b. 16 May, 1892. CREASE, Lady (Knt.'s widow). — Sarah, dau. of late Dr. John Lindley, professor of botany Univ. Coll. London, and sister of Lord Lindley. M. 1853, Hon. Sir Henry Pering Pellew Crease, senior puisne judge of the Supreme Court of British Columbia, who d. 27 Feb. 1905. Resi- dence — Pentrelew, Victoria, British Columbia. CRESWELL, K.C.M.G. Croat. 1911; C.M.G. 1897. — Reab-Adm., Sir William Rooke Cbes- WELL, s. of Edmund Creswell, of Gibraltar. B. 20 July, 1852 : m. 1888, Adelaide Ehzabeth, iau. of late Mr. Justice Stow, Judge of the Supreme Court of S. Australia ; ent. R.N. 1866, lieut. 1873, ret. : is rear-adm. Australian service, md first Naval memb. of the Board of Naval i^dministration of the Commonwealth of Aus- tralia ; served against pirates in Laroot river 'specially promoted) 1873, on E. coast of Africa n suppression of Slave trade 1875-8, and in Dhina, 1900. Address — Defence Department, Mel- CRESWICK, K.C.B. (civ.). Creat. 1909; C.B. civ.) 1896. — Sir Nathaniel Creswick, s. of Nathaniel Creswick, of East Hill, Sheffield, and i!lizabeth, dau. of John Jubb, of Ballifleld Hall, >hefiiold. B. at Parkfield, Sheffield, 31 July, 1831 ; m. 18 Sept. 1866, Sarah Ann, dau. of rohn Walker, of York ; ed. at Sheffield Collegiate 3ch. ; admitted a solicitor 1852 ; col. comdg. tth W. Yorks Vol. Artill. 1861-97 ; has. V.D. ; r.P. Derbyshire ; awarded Royal Humane Society's bronze medal for saving life 29 )ec. 1860. Residence — Norton Green, Sheffield, 'ssue — Francis Nathaniel Creswick, b. 23 Dec. 1875 ; ni. 8 Aug. 1903, Rosa Elizabeth, dau. of George Brownell, of Birkenhead. Residence — Moorsoats, Hathersage, J Derbyshire. Issue — 1. George Brownell Nathaniel, b. 5 April, 1910. 1. Frances Elizabetli. 2. Barbara Ann. Ethelwyn Sara. CRICHTON, K.C.B. (civ.). Creat. 1911.— Beig.-Gen. Hon. Sir Henry George Crichton, l.D.C. s. of 3rd Earl of Erne. B. 7 April, 844 ; m. 1st, 7 Aug. 1869, Letitia Grace d. 13 Jan. 1888), dau. of Maj. Cole Hamilton ; a, 2nd, 29 Jan. 1890, Lady Jane Emma Jaring, C.I. , dau. of 1st Earl Northbrook ; ed. t Radley and Oxford ; cornet 10th Hussars 863 ; instructor of musketry 1864 ; lieut. 1867 : dj. 1869 ; capt. 1874 (exch. to 21st Hussars) ; laj. 1881; It.-col. (ret.) 1884; late It.-col. ommanding Hants Yeo., and brig. -gen. commdg. lampshire Vol. Brig. ; col. Terr. Force commdg. lants Brigade 1908-10 (col. in Army) ; A.A.G. mp. Yeo. 1900 ; late A.D.C. to King Edward VII ; on. col. Hants Carabineers (Yeo.) ; hon. col. 5th •att. Hants Regt. ; chrmn. Hants Terr. Force ..ssocn. ; D.L., J. P. CO. Southampton. Residences -Netley Castle, Netley Abbey, Hants ; 3, Buck- D.P. ingham Gate, S.W. Clubs — Army and Navy ; Cavalry ; R.Y.S. Issue — ■ 1. Maj. Charles WiUiam Harry Cricliton, b. 7 July, 1872 ; 10th Hussars ; m. 7 Nov. 1912, Dorothy Maud, dau. of Hon. Eustace Dawnay {see Downe, Vise )• Issue Ronald Henry Crichton, b. 28 Dec. 1913. 2. Comm. Reginald Louis Crichton, K.N., b. 23 Dec. 1874 ; m. 21 Oct. 1902, Hester Beatrix, dau. of Rev. R. A. White. Issue— 1. Marcus Henry Reginald Crichton, b. 17 Aug. 1904. 2. Francis Michael Crichton, b. 19 Oct. 1909. 3. Jolm Rlcliard Cricliton, b. 22 Feb. 1912. 3. Rev. Frederick Marcus Cricliton, b. 10 Aug. 1877. 4. Capt. Richard Edward Crichton, b. 21 June 1879 ; King's Roy. Rifles. 5. Capt. John Arthur Crichton, b. 19 Aug. 1883 ; Hamp- shire Regt. 1. Louisa Charlotte, m. 19 Aug. 1910, Guy Dalrymple Fanshaw, lieut. -coiiini. R.N. Residence — Derwent- water, Weymouth. CROFT, K.C.I.E, Creat. 1887; CLE. 1884.— Sir Alfred Woodley Croft, s. of Charles Woodley Croft, of Plymouth. B. 7 Feb. 1841 ; ed. at Oxford ; M.A. 1870 ; apptd. to Bengal Educ. Dept. 1866; director of Public Instruction Ben- gal 1878-97 ; memb. of Indian Educ. Comm. 1883 ; pres. Asiatic Society of Bengal 1892-3 ; vice-chanc. of Calcutta Univ. 1894-6; hon. LL.D. Calcutta Univ. 1897 ; memb. of Legis. Council of Bengal 1887-92 ; J.P. for Devon. Resi- dence — Rumleigh, Bere Alston, Devon. CROOKES, Order of Merit. Apptd. 1910; Knt. Bach. 1897. — Profe.ssor Sir William Crookes, s. of Joseph Crookes, of Brook Green, W., and Mary. dau. of John Scott, of Aynhoe Grovmds, Northants. B. 17 June, 1832; m. 10 April, 1856, Ellen, dau. of W. Humphrey, of Darlington ; ed. privately ; ent. Roy. Coll. of Chemistry 1848, and since then has been devoted to the study of the science of chemistry and physics ; discovered the Selenocyanides 1861 ; A new metallic Element, Thallium, 1801 ; Repul- sion Resulting from Radiation, 1873; Sodium Amalgam for Gold Extraction, 1865 ; Disin- fectants for Arresting the Cattle Plague, 1866 ; Mechanical Action of Light, 1875 ; The Radio- meter, 1875 ; Illumination of Lines of Molecular Pressure and the Trajectory of Molecules, 1878 ; Radiant Matter, 1879 ; An Ultra-Gaseous, Fourth State of Matter, 1880 ; Heat Conduction in highly rarefied Air, 1880 ; Discontinuous Phosphorescent Spectra, 1881 ; Radiant Matter Spectroscopy, 1883 ; New Elements in Gadolinite and Samars- kite, 1886 ; Methods of Chemical Fractionation, 1886 ; Genesis of the Elements, 1887 ; Electrical Evaporation, 1891 ; Some Possibilities of Electri- citv. Wireless Telegraphy, 1892 ; Formation of the Diamond, 1896 ; The Spinthariscope, 1903 ; Production of Helium from Radium, 1904 ; Volatility of the Platinum Metals, 1912 ; Eye- Preserving Glass for Spectacles, 1913; inves- tigated the Measurement of the Luminous In- tensity of Light, 1809 ; The fixation of Atmo- spheric Nitrogen, 1898 ; Radio-activity of Uranium, 1900 ; Emanations of Radium, 1903 ; Spectrum of Radium, 1903 ; Spectrum of Gadolinium, 1904; Spectrum of Europium^ 1906; Chemistry and Spectrum of Scandium, 1908 ; Spectrum of Boron, 1911: Spectrum of Silicon, 1914; founded the "Chemical News" 1859, which ho still edits, and since 1864 was editor of the " Quarterly Journal of Science " ; President R.S., hon. LL.D. (Birmingham), hon. Sc.D. (Camb. and Dubl.), hon. D.Sc. (Oxford, Sheffield, Durham, and Cape of Good Hope) ; past pres. Chem. Soc, Brit. Assoc, Inst. Elect. Eng., Soc. Psych. Res. ; hon. memb. Roy. Phil. Soc. Glasgow, Roy. Soc. N.S.W., Pharm. Soc, Chem. Metall. and Mining Soc of South Africa, Amer. Chem. Soc, Amer. Philos. Soc, Roy. Soc Sci. Upsala, Deutsch.Chem. Gesell. Berlin, Psychol. Soc. Paria^ "Antonio Alzate " Sci. Soc. Mexico, Sci. Soc.
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