Edward Hartopp Cradock

The Rev. Edward Hartopp Craddock, D.D. (29 November 1810 – 27 January 1886)[1] was an Oxford college head in the 19th century.[2]

Edward Hartopp Cradock, 1870 drawing

Craddock was born in Shenstone, Staffordshire and educated at Balliol College, Oxford, matriculating 1827, and graduating B.A. in 1831. At Brasenose College he graduated M.A. in 1834 as Edward Grove, his birth name, and B.D. & D.D. in 1854.[3] He held the living at Tedstone Delamere; and was Principal of Brasenose[4] from 1853 until his death. He was married to novelist Harriet Cradock.[5]

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  1. ^ National Library of New Zealand
  2. ^ "Collection of Letters from E.H. Cradock, Oxford and Grasmere, to William Angus Knight, 1877–1886" Craddock, E.H. passim
  3. ^ Foster, Joseph (1888–1892). "Cradock, Edward Hartopp" . Alumni Oxonienses: the Members of the University of Oxford, 1715–1886. Oxford: Parker and Co – via Wikisource.
  4. ^ BNC web-site
  5. ^ "Author: Harriet Grove Cradock". Victorian Research. Retrieved 11 June 2022.
Academic offices
Preceded by Principal of Brasenose College, Oxford
1853–1886
Succeeded by