Sir Richard Croft, sixth baronet

(1762-1818)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Croft, Richard, Sir, 1762-1818 NRA: Croft, Sir Richard (1762-1818) Baronet Accoucheur DNB: Croft, Sir Richard, sixth baronet (1762–1818), physician and man-midwife LBT ID: RiCroft1818 VIAF ID: 54931433 LOC ID: n88095687	B/BAP: 1762-01-09 DIED: 1818-02-13
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The younger brother of the writer Sir Herbert Croft (1751-1816); educated at Aberdeen University he was a London physician and accoucheur. He committed suicide after Princess Charlotte died while he was attending her.
REFERENCES TO Sir Richard Croft, sixth baronet: Sydney Smith to Lady Mary Bennet, February 1818 in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Found 1: ¶ 2 Saba Holland, A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855) Letters 1818