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     W/Cdr. John Sever Phillips was born on 15 October 1901.² He was the son of Reverend Philip Richard Phillips.¹ He married Nancy Barbara Kathleen Croft, daughter of Sir Herbert Archer Croft, 10th Bt. and Kathleen Hare, on 12 July 1928.¹ He died on 18 April 1973 at age 71.²
     He lived at Copthorne Cottage, Felbridge, East Grimstead, Sussex, England^G.³ He was educated at Haileybury College, Haileybury, Hertfordshire, England.² He gained the rank of Wing Commander in the Royal Air Force.¹

     Reverend Philip Richard Phillips was the Rector at Hildersham, Cambridgeshire, England^G.¹

     Bernard Harley Croft was born on 23 July 1871.¹ He was the son of Sir Herbert George Denman Croft, 9th Bt. and Georgiana Eliza Lucy Marsh.¹ He died on 28 April 1889 at age 17.¹

     Sir Hugh Matthew Fiennes Croft, 12th Bt. was born on 10 May 1874.² He was the son of Sir Herbert George Denman Croft, 9th Bt. and Georgiana Eliza Lucy Marsh.¹ He married Lucy Isabel Taylor, daughter of Frederick G. Taylor, on 18 April 1900.² He died on 15 June 1954 at age 80.²
     He succeeded as the 12th Baronet Croft, of Croft Castle, co. Hereford [E., 1671] on 15 August 1941.¹

     Lucy Isabel Taylor is the daughter of Frederick G. Taylor.¹ She married Sir Hugh Matthew Fiennes Croft, 12th Bt., son of Sir Herbert George Denman Croft, 9th Bt. and Georgiana Eliza Lucy Marsh, on 18 April 1900.¹
     Her married name became Croft.

     Sir Bernard Hugh Denman Croft, 13th Bt. was born on 24 August 1903.¹ He was the son of Sir Hugh Matthew Fiennes Croft, 12th Bt. and Lucy Isabel Taylor.¹ He married Helen Margaret Weaver, daughter of H. Weaver, on 8 April 1931.¹ He died in February 1984 at age 80.^1,2
     He was educated at Armidale School, Armidale, New South Wales, Australia^G.² He was NSW rugby union representative to New Zealand in 1928.² He succeeded as the 13th Baronet Croft, of Croft Castle, co. Hereford [E., 1671] on 15 June 1954.¹

     Helen Margaret Weaver was the daughter of H. Weaver.¹ She married Sir Bernard Hugh Denman Croft, 13th Bt., son of Sir Hugh Matthew Fiennes Croft, 12th Bt. and Lucy Isabel Taylor, on 8 April 1931.² She died in 1995.¹
     Her married name became Croft.

     Sir Owen Glendower Croft, 14th Bt. was born on 26 April 1932.¹ He is the son of Sir Bernard Hugh Denman Croft, 13th Bt. and Helen Margaret Weaver.¹ He married Sally Patricia Mansfield, daughter of Dr. Thomas Montagu Mansfield, on 3 June 1959.¹
     He succeeded as the 14th Baronet Croft, of Croft Castle, co. Hereford [E., 1671] in 1984.¹ He lived in 2003 at Salisbury Court, Uralia, New South Wales, Australia^G.¹

     Hugh Denman Croft was born on 5 October 1942.¹ He is the son of Sir Bernard Hugh Denman Croft, 13th Bt. and Helen Margaret Weaver.¹ He married June Alison Cairnes Johnston, daughter of John Wauch Johnston, in 1972.¹
     He lived in 2003 at Callemondah, Duri, New South Wales, Australia^G.¹