George Croke ( - 1680 )

Death: The house of his brother Henry, a linen draper, in the Haymarket, Westminster (17 November 1680) Burial: The chancel of Waterstock church, Oxfordshire Research Field: Horticulture Education: St Paul's School, London; All Souls' College, Oxford; MA (1652); Middle Temple (admitted 1649) Career: Fellow of All Souls', Oxford (1648); High Sheriff of Oxfordshire (1664); Gresham Professor of Rhetoric; the first person to bring the plane tree to England Honours: Kt 1660 Membership: Fellow Election Date: 8/02/1677.