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British politician (1703–1767)
John Crawley (26 April 1703 – 9 September 1767) was an English landowner and politician.
Early life [ edit ]
Crawley was born on 26 April 1703 in an old Luton family.[1] née Richard Crawley , Registrar of the Admiralty and MP for Wendover .[2] [3] Smyrna .
His maternal grandparents were Anne (née Tedworth and sister to John Smith , Chancellor of the Exchequer )[4] [5] Samuel Dashwood , Lord Mayor of London and MP for the City of London .[6] née Baron of the Exchequer (son of Sir Francis Crawley , who was appointed Justice of the Common Pleas by the king in 1632, but was disabled by Parliament).[3]
He succeeded to his father's estates in 1712. He was High Sheriff of Bedfordshire from 1735 to 1737.[1] Stockwood House in Luton ,[7] [8]
In 1734, Crawley unsuccessfully contested Great Bedwyn as a Tory on the interest of the Bruce family, who had a long connection with Bedfordshire . Three years later Lord Bruce was able to provide him with a seat at Marlborough until 1747, after which he did not stand. In Parliament he voted against the Administration in all recorded divisions.[1]
Personal life [ edit ]
On 29 May 1740, Crawley married Susannah Sambrooke, a daughter of Sir Samuel Sambrooke, 3rd Baronet , of Bush Hill, Edmonton . Her brother was Sir Jeremy Sambrooke, 4th Baronet , MP for Bedford .[9] [10] [1]
Crawley died on 9 September 1767. His estates were inherited by his eldest son John.[1] Samuel Crawley . His estate, Stockwood House, was demolished in 1964 and, today, is the site of Stockwood Park .[17]
Descendants [ edit ]
Through his daughter Sarah, he was a grandfather of Sarah Halsey (d. 1864), who inherited the Halsey family estates and married Rev. John Fitz Moore and Joseph Thompson Whately (both of whom adopted the surname Halsey), MP for St Albans .[18] Berkeley Paget , MP, and a grandson of Henry Paget, 1st Earl of Uxbridge ). Sarah's son Thomas Plumer Halsey , MP for Hertfordshire, whose descendants became the Halsey baronets .[19]
Through his younger son Samuel, he was a grandfather of Samuel Crawley (1790–1852), who inherited the Stockwood, Dunham and Ragnall estates. He served as MP for Honiton and Bedford .[8] [18]
References [ edit ]
^ Blaydes, Frederic Augustus (1889). Bedfordshire Notes and Queries . Retrieved 8 November 2022 .
^ a b "CRAWLEY, Richard (1666-1713), of Doctors' Commons and Northaw, Herts" . www.historyofparliamentonline.org . History of Parliament Online . Retrieved 9 November 2022 .
^ Joseph Lemuel Chester; Church of England. Province of Canterbury. Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury at London (1886). Allegations for marriage licences issued from the Faculty Office of the Archbishop of Canterbury at London, 1543 to 1869 113 .
^ Arthur Collins (1768). The Peerage of England; Containing a Genealogical and Historical Account of All the Peers of that Kingdom Etc. Fourth Edition, Carefully Corrected, and Continued to the Present Time. - London, H. Woodfall 1768
^ "Dashwood, Sir Samuel (c.1643–1705), of Bishopsgate, London and Mortlake, Surr. , History of Parliament Online" . Retrieved 26 May 2015 .
^ "Stockwood House Luton, History of Stockwood House" . www.1stairporttaxis.co.uk . 1ST Airport Taxis. Retrieved 9 November 2022 .
^ a b Thorne, R. G. (1986). The House of Commons ISBN 978-0-436-52101-0 . Retrieved 9 November 2022 .
^ Burke, Sir John Bernard (1838). A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies of England, by J. and J.B. Burke . Retrieved 9 November 2022 .
^ a b Raineval, Melville Henry Massue marquis de Ruvigny et (1994). The Plantagenet Roll of the Blood Royal: Being a Complete Table of All the Descendants Now Living of Edward III, King of England. The Isabel of Essex volume : containing the descendants of Isabel (Plantagenet) Countess of Essex and Eu, with a supplement to the three previous volumes ISBN 978-0-8063-1434-1 . Retrieved 9 November 2022 .
^ The Connoisseur 46 . Retrieved 9 November 2022 .
^ Burke, Bernard (1865). A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire . Retrieved 9 November 2022 .
^ The Solicitors' Journal & Reporter 96 . Retrieved 9 November 2022 .
^ Nichols, John (1971). The Hundred of East Gascote . Retrieved 9 November 2022 .
^ Cussans, John Edwin (1881). History of Hertfordshire ISBN 978-0-85409-835-4 . Retrieved 9 November 2022 .
^ Chapmen, John Henry (1888). The Register Book of Marriages Belonging to the Parish of St. George, Hanover Square, in the County of Middlesex 6 . Retrieved 9 November 2022 .
^ "Bedford Today" . bedfordtoday.co.uk . Archived from the original on 2006-06-14.
^ a b Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Landed Gentry of Great Britain and Ireland . Retrieved 9 November 2022 .
^ Debrett's Baronetage, Knightage, and Companionage: In which is Included Much Information Respecting the Collateral Brances of Baronets, and the Issue of Knights . Retrieved 9 November 2022 .
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