Sir Richard Marsh Crofton, CIE | |
Office: | 1st Prime Minister of Bahawalpur |
Term Start: | 1942 |
Term End: | 1947 |
Predecessor: | Position established |
Successor: | Sir John Dring |
Birth Date: | 6 April 1891 |
Birth Place: | Liskeard, Cornwall, England |
Death Date: | 27 May 1955 (aged 64) |
Death Place: | Minstead, Hampshire, England |
Sir Richard Marsh Crofton (6 April 1891 – 27 May 1955) was an Indian Civil Service and British Indian Army officer[1] who served as 1st Prime Minister of Bahawalpur between 1942 and 1947.[2] [3] He was knighted in the 1945 Birthday Honours.
He died in 1955.[4]