Crofton Baronets
There have been four baronetcies created for persons with the surname Crofton, two in the Baronetage of Ireland and two in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.
The Crofton Baronetcy, of The Mote in the County of Roscommon, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 1 July 1661 for Edward Crofton. The title became extinct on the death of the fifth Baronet in 1780.
The Crofton Baronetcy, of The Mote in the County of Roscommon, was created in the Baronetage of Ireland on 12 June 1758 for Marcus Lowther-Crofton. He was the husband of Catherine, daughter of the fourth Baronet of the 1661 creation and had earlier assumed the surname of Crofton. For more information on this creation, see the Baron Crofton.
The Crofton Baronetcy, of Mohill in the County of Leitrim, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 10 August 1801 for Morgan Crofton. The sixth Baronet was a Lieutenant-Colonel in the 2nd Life Guards and fought in the Second Boer War, where he was severely wounded at the Relief of Ladysmith, and in the two world wars. His diaries from the First World War are published as Massacre of the Innocents: The Crofton Diaries, Ypres 1914-1915 (2004). Another member of the family, James Crofton, grandson of Morgan Crofton, third son of the first Baronet, was a Lieutenant-General in the Army. The presumed eighth and present Baronet does not use his title. He has also not successfully proven his succession and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage, with the baronetcy considered dormant. For more information, follow this link.
The Crofton Baronetcy, of Longford House in the County of Sligo, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 18 August 1838 for James Crofton. He was descended from Thomas Crofton, uncle of the first Baronet of the 1661 creation. The presumed sixth Baronet never successfully proved his succession and was never on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. The presumed seventh and present Baronet has also not successfully proven his succession and is therefore not on the Official Roll of the Baronetage. For more information, follow this link.
Read more about Crofton Baronets: Crofton Baronets, of The Mote (1661), Crofton Baronets, of The Mote (1758), Crofton Baronets, of Mohill (1801), Crofton Baronets, of Longford House (1838)