Alexander Angus Croll Explained

Alexander Angus Croll (1811-1887) was a British civil engineer who patented a method of purifying town gas of ammonia.[1] He was Sheriff of the City of London.[2]

He is buried in Brookwood Cemetery.

Granard Park

Croll was the owner of Granard Park (or Lodge) Putney Park Lane, Roehampton. In 1872, The Building News and Engineering Journal recorded that architect W. Allen Dixon was acting for "Colonel" Croll in alterations to Granard Park and the construction of a new church in its grounds.[3] The church was originally a Baptist chapel but it later became the Anglican church of St Margaret, Putney Park Lane.[4]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Alexander_Angus_Croll Alexander Angus Croll.
  2. http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp150230/alexander-angus-croll Alexander Angus Croll.
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=FB1JAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA48 "Trade News. Tenders."
  4. Richardson, Kenneth. (2002) The "Twenty-Five" Churches of the Southwark Diocese: An inter-war campaign of church-building. London: The Ecclesiological Society. p. 112.