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Crook, Baron (UK, 1947)

Creation: let. pat. 3 Jul 1947

Family name: Crook

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Arms:

Or on a Bend Vert between in chief two Tudor Roses barbed and seeded proper and in base a Sprig of Oak slipped and fructed of the second a Shepherd's Crook of the field

Crest:

Two Crooks in saltire Or surmounted by a Tudor Rose barbed and seeded proper

Supporters:

Dexter:  an Antelope gorged with a Collar of Tudor Roses leaved proper;  Sinister:  a Greyhound Argent collared Or with Line reflexed over the back the collar charged with three Cross Crosslets Gules

Motto:

Crux Scutum (The cross is a shield)

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Reginald Douglas [Crook], 1st Baron Crook

1st son and heir of Percy Edwin Crook by his wife Charlotte Edith Rainey, dau. of Micklethwaite Rainey

born

2 Mar 1901

mar.

7 Oct 1922 Ida Gertrude Haddon (d. 1985), dau. of Joseph George Haddon

only child

1. Hon Douglas Edwin Crook, later 2nd Baron Crook

died

10 Mar 1989

created

3 Jul 1947 Baron Crook, of Carshalton in the County of Surrey

suc. by

son

note

Organising Secretary, Poor Law Officers' Union 1919-25; General Secretary, Ministry of Labour Staff Association 1925-51; Member, Civil Service National Whitley Council 1925-51; Editor, Civil Service Argus 1928-51; Officer, Civil Service Alliance 1939-51; Hon Secretary, Labour Parliamentary Association 1945-49; Chairman, Interdepartmental Committee on Registration of Opticians 1949-52; UK Delegate, 5th Assembly of the United Nations 1950; Member, United Nations Administration Tribunal 1951-71; Chairman, National Dock Labour Board 1951-65; Member, Police Council 1951; President, British Association of Industrial Editors 1954-61; KStJ 1955; Member, Chapter General of the Order of St John 1956-89; Master, Spectacle Makers' Company 1963-65; President, The Pre-Retirement Association 1964-67; President, The Cystic Fibrosis Foundation 1964-89

Douglas Edwin [Crook], 2nd Baron Crook

born

19 Nov 1926

mar.

15 Feb 1954 Ellenor Rouse (d. 1998), dau. of Robert Rouse, of Sunderland

children

1. Hon Robert Douglas Edwin Crook, later 3rd Baron Crook

1. Hon Catherine Hilary Crook (b. 26 May 1960), mar. 1984 (div. 1993) Christopher John Ramsdale, son of Christopher Ramsdale, of Coventry, co. Warwick

died

18 Jun 2001

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Robert Douglas Edwin [Crook], 3rd Baron Crook

born

19 May 1955

mar.

29 May 1981 Suzannne Jane Robinson, dau. of Harold Robinson, of Farnsfield, co. Nottingham

children

1. Hon Matthew Robert Crook (b. 28 May 1990)

2. Hon James Nicholas Crook (b. 16 Jun 1992)

 Last updated 22 Nov 2004

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Title:

3rd Baron Crook, of Carshalton in the County of Surrey

(United Kingdom, let. pat. 3 Jul 1947)

Address:

21 Doncella Street, The Gap, Queensland 4060, Australia

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