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{{Short description|English politician}}
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'''Sir John Croke''' (1586 – 10 April 1640) was an English politician who sat in the [[House of Commons of England|House of Commons]] at various times between 1614 and 1629.
Croke was the son of [[John Croke]] of Chilton, Buckinghamshire, recorder of the city of London, and his wife Catherine Blount, daughter of Sir [[Michael Blount]].<ref name=Burke>[https://books.google.com/books?id=U_CvyAF3ko4C&dq=%22Robert+Croke%22+Chequers&pg=PA357 John Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the commoners of Great Britain'']</ref> He matriculated at [[University College, Oxford]] on 18 July 1600, aged 14. He entered [[Inner Temple]] in 1601. He was knighted on 30 March 1609. In 1614, he was elected [[Member of Parliament]] for [[Oxfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Oxfordshire]] in the [[Addled Parliament]]. In 1628 he was elected MP for [[Christchurch (UK Parliament constituency)|Christchurch]] and sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to [[Personal Rule|rule without parliament]] for eleven years.<ref name=Alumni>[http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=117054   'Alumni Oxonienses, 1500-1714: Covert-Cutts', Alumni Oxonienses 1500-1714 (1891), pp. 338-365. Retrieved 2 June 2012]</ref>
Croke died at the age of 54.<ref name=Alumni/>
Croke was the father of [[Sir John Croke, 1st Baronet|John]] who was created a [[Croke baronets|baronet]] and who dissipated much of the family fortune. He was the brother of [[Henry Croke]], also an MP.<ref name=Burke/>
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| title=[[Member of Parliament]] for [[Oxfordshire (UK Parliament constituency)|Oxfordshire]]
| before= [[Lawrence Tanfield]]
| before2= [[John Doyley]]
| with= [[Sir Anthony Cope, 1st Baronet]]
| years=1614
| after= [[Richard Wenman, 1st Viscount Wenman|Richard Wenman]]
| after2= [[Sir William Cope, 2nd Baronet|Sir William Cope]]
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| before=  [[William Whitaker (MP)|William Whitaker]]
| before2= [[Samuel Turner (Royalist)|Samuel Turner]]
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| title=[[Member of Parliament]] for [[Shaftesbury (UK Parliament constituency)|Shaftesbury]]
| with= [[John Thoroughgood]]
| years=1628–1629
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{{s-non| reason= [[Personal Rule|Parliament suspended until 1640]]}}
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