CROFTON, Henry Thomas. Preston, Lancashire 23.7.1848 — Berkshire 17.4.1928. British Gipsy Scholar. Born of an Anglo-Irish family, son of General John Ffolliott Crofton (1800–1885) and Anne Agnes Addison. Educated at Cheltenham College. Solicitor in Manchester. President of Gypsy Lore Society in 1908-09. Married 1871 Martha Pilling McKeand (d. 1931), one son and three daughters.
Publications: With B. C. Smart; The Dialect of the English Gypsies. 2nd rev. & enl. ed. 23+302 p. L. 1875 (first ed. by Smart alone, 1863).
– Articles in JGLS, etc.; also wrote on local and family history.
Sources: rusholmearchive.org/henry-thomas-crofton-solicitor-and-antiquary; not in D.I.B.; family details in the peerage.com
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