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 the younger son of Sir James Cromer of Tunstall (died 1503) and Catherine Cantelowe, daughter of Sir William Cantelowe, a wealthy merchant of Milk Street, London.
He was referred to as a Doctor of Divinity, and appears to have been a royal chaplain attached to the English Court by 1518.
[3] He continued in place as Archbishop of Armagh, despite suspicions from Henry about his true beliefs and his loyalty to the Crown, and despite being suspended by the Pope on a charge of heresy, and in spite of his failing health.
[6][7] When the FitzGeralds destroyed themselves in the Rebellion of Silken Thomas, Cromer's own loyalty was naturally suspected, even though he had tried to prevent the Rebellion [2](in 1536 he had opposed the Acts of Supremacy which made Henry VIII Supreme Head of the Church of England).