Born in
Stroud, Gloucestershire, Craddock moved to the United States in 1897, where he worked at Cleveland's Hollenden Hotel and New York's Knickerbocker Hotel and Hoffman House, becoming a United States citizen. He left America during
Prohibition and sailed to
Liverpool with his wife and daughter before joining the American Bar at the
Savoy Hotel, London, in 1920. Craddock's
The Savoy Cocktail Book, a collection of 750 cocktails, was first published in 1930 and is still in print today. He is sometimes credited with creating a number of classic cocktails, including the famous
Corpse Reviver #2 and
White Lady. While at the Savoy, Craddock co-founded the
United Kingdom Bartenders' Guild in 1934. In 1938, he moved to the
Dorchester Hotel and then to Brown's Hotel in
Mayfair, ==See also==