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Name: CROFTON, Richard Hayes
Birth Date: 6 Feb 1880 Dublin
Death Date: 25 Nov 1968 Hastings
First Date: 1914
Last Date: 1941
Profession: Asst. Chief Secretary, Zanzibar
Area: Zanzibar
Married: Mabel Annie Smith b. 10 July 1876 Hunslet, Yorks., d. 1963 Southend on Sea (dau of Rev. G. Furness-Smith)
Children: Denis Hayes (14 Dec 1908-1995); Richard Wenman Maylett Hayes (1913-1918); Geraldine Mary (11 Apr 1916 Hastings)
Author: Adventures in Administration, 1927 and many others
Book Reference: Gillett, Red 25, Red 22
School: St Columba's Coll.; St John's College, Cambridge; BA(Cantab), FREcS, ATPI
General Information:
1939 England and Wales Register living with wife and dau in Battle, Sussex
Cambridge Univ Alumni pens. at ST JOHN'S, Sept. 21, 1898. S. of Richard Wilson Ledger, clerk to the South Dublin Union [died 1879]. B. Feb. 6, 1880, at Dublin. School, St Columba's College (Rev. P. S. Whelan). Matric. Michs. 1898; B.A. 1901. Entered the Civil Service. Married and had issue.