George Cromer

George Cromer (died 16 March 1542)was Archbishop of Armagh and Primate of All Ireland in the reign of Henry VIII of England, from 1521/2.

He was English by birth, a descendant of the Cromer (also spelt Crowemer) family of Tunstall, Kent and Cromer, Norfolk. Caught up in Henry's Reformationof the Church of England, he was deprived of his See of Armagh. Hecontinued in place as Archbishop of Armagh,despite suspicions from Henry about his true beliefsanddespite being suspendedby the Pope on a charge ofheresy.

He was Lord Chancellor of Ireland1532-4, as a placeman of Gerald FitzGerald, 9th Earl of Kildare, whose family dominated Irish politicsfrom the 1470s untilthe late 1530s.