Sir Herbert Croft, 1st Baronet was the only son of the Right Reverend Herbert Croft, Bishop of Hereford and Anne Browne, the only daughter of the Very Review Doctor Jonathan Browne and Anne Barne Lovelace.
Career
Her half-brothers were Richard Lovelace (1618–1657) an English poet in the seventeenth century and Francis Lovelace (1621–1675), who was the second governor of the New York Colony appointed by the Duke of York, later King James II of England. He inherited Croft Castle from his father in 1691. He was appointed High Sheriff of Herefordshire in 1682.
Membership
Habeas Corpus Parliament]
Sir Herbert was created a baronet in 1671, and served as member of Parliament for Herefordshire in 1679 and 1690 to 1698.
