Charles Croke

Charles Croke (died 1657) was an English clergyman and Gresham Professor of Rhetoric.

Life

He was the third son of Sir John Croke, and was admitted student of Christ Church, Oxford, on 5 January 1604. He proceeded B.A. (1608), M.A.(1611), B.D. and D.D. (1625). He was tutor of his college, and held the professorship of rhetoric at Gresham College, London, from 1613 to 1619. He was junior proctor (1613), and fellow of Eton College (1617–1621).

He became rector of Waterstock, Oxfordshire, on the presentation of his uncle, Sir George Croke, on 24 June 1616, and rector of Agmondisham, Buckinghamshire, in 1621. He took private pupils at Agmondisham, and among them were Sir William Drake, Sir Robert Croke, John Gregory, and Henry Curwen. Curwen died while in Croke's charge, and Croke published a memorial sermon.

He went to Ireland during the First English Civil War, and died at Carlow 10 April 1657.

References

•  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: "Croke, John (1553-1620)". Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. 

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