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CRESWELL, ROBERT; b.; adm.; KS; elected to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1631, adm. scholar 1631, matr. Easter 1632; 3rd in “ordo” 1635/6; BA 1635/6; MA 1639 (incorp. Oxford 12 Jul 1653); Fellow of Trin. Coll. 1637-44, ejected; Usher at Aldenham School, Herts., Head Master 1646-9; took the Engagement 12 Oct 1650; Vicar of Ruislip, Middlesex 1650 [no longer 1661]; admon. PCC 1659. .

Creswick, Maurice de Jersey, son of James Paul Creswick, of Shortlands, Kent, by Maude Lavinia, daughter of George Morris, of Keynsham, Somerset; b. May 3, 1894; adm. Jan. 14, 1909 (H); left July 1911; a journalist; temp. 2nd Lieut. in the Buffs Jan. 21, 1915; Lieut. July 1, 1917; served ten months in France, where he was wounded three times, and also in Mesopotamia, India, and the Afghan War; demob. Sept. 1919; Pilot Officer (A. and S. D.) R.A.F.V.R. Oct. 1, 1940; transferred to R.A.F. Regt. Feb. 1, 1942; returned to A. and S. D. Oct. 15, 1942; Flight.-Lieut.

CREW, SAMUEL, son of Samuel Crew, Westminster; b.; adm. (aged 12) Jun 1736 (in school list 1736 as “John Crew”); KS 1738; Capt. of the School 1742; elected head to Trinity Coll. Cambridge 1743, adm. pens. 2 Jun 1743, scholar 20 Apr 1744; BA 1746/7; MA 1750; Minor Fellow, Trinity Coll., 2 Oct 1749, Major Fellow 4 Jul 1750; ordained deacon (Norwich, litt. dim. from St. Davids) 1747, priest (Ely) 4 Jun 1750; reprimanded by Vice-Chancellor for interfering with the Senior Proctor in the exercise of his duties on the occasion of the Westminster Club dinner, presided over by Thomas Francklin (qv), 17 Nov 1750; Vicar, Great St. Mary’s, Cambridge 1760; d. 13 Nov 1760.

CREWE, ---; b.; in school list Jun 1764; left 27 Jul 1764.

CREWE, JOHN, elder son of Sir Clipsby Crewe, Kt. , Crewe, Cheshire, and Jane, second dau. of Sir John Pulteney, Kt, Misterton, Leics. ; b. 20 Dec 1626; at school under Busby (J. E. B. Mayor, ed. , Admissions to St. John’s Coll. Camb. , i, 79); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 15 Jun 1646, matr. Easter 1646; migr. to Trinity Coll. , adm. fellow commoner 26 Jul 1647; m. 1st, Carew, dau. of Sir Arthur Gorges, Kt, Chelsea, Middlesex; 2nd, Lucy Byron (who afterwards married Edmund Turnor, Covent Garden, London); d. 13 Feb 1683/4. Buried in Westminster Abbey.

CREWE, JOHN, 1ST BARON CREWE, eldest son of John Crewe MP, Crewe Hall, Cheshire, and Anne, dau. of Richard Shuttleworth MP, Gawthorpe, Lancs.; b. 27 Sep 1742; adm. Manchester GS 1754; at school under Markham (Steward Anniversary Dinners 1766, 1785); Christ Church, Oxford, matr. 19 Feb 1760; Grand Tour (Italy) 1761-2; High Sheriff, Cheshire 1764; MP Stafford 4 Mar 1765-8, Cheshire 1768-1802; Lieut. -Col., Cheshire Militia 25 Mar 1778; a personal friend and political supporter of Charles James Fox; created Baron Crewe 25 Feb 1806; member, Society of Dilettanti, from 1764; m. 4 Apr 1766 Frances Anne, Whig political hostess and the “Amoret” of Fox’s well-known poem, sister of Henry Francis Greville (qv); d. 28 Apr 1829. DNB.

CREWE, JOHN, 2ND BARON CREWE, son of John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe (qv); bapt. 1772; adm. 22 Jan 1781; Lieut., Independent Co. Foot 21 Nov 1790, half-pay 1791; Lieut., 77th Foot 20 Jul 1792; Maj., 103rd Foot 12 Sep 1794; Lieut. -Col., Lochaber Fencible Infantry 25 Nov 1794; Brevet Col., 1 Jan 1801; Maj. -Gen., 25 Apr 1808; Lieut. -Gen., 4 Jun 1813; Gen., 22 Jul 1830; succ. father as 2nd Baron Crewe (qv) 28 Apr 1829; his portrait in fancy dress as Henry VIII was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds; m. 5 May 1807 Henrietta Maria Anne, dau. of George Walker Hungerford, Calne, Wilts.; d. 4 Dec 1835.

CREWE, RANDULPH (or RALPH), brother of John Crewe (at school under Busby, qv); b. 6 Apr 1631; at school under Busby (J. E. B. Mayor, ed., Admissions to St. John’s Coll. Camb., i, 79); St. John’s Coll. Cambridge, adm. fellow commoner 15 Jun 1646; adm. Lincoln’s Inn 30 Oct 1647; an amateur artist; drew a map of Cheshire that was published in King’s Vale Royall of England, or the County Palatine of Chester illustrated, 1646; d. from wounds received from footpads while walking in the streets of Paris 21 Sep 1657. DNB.

CREWE, RANDULPH, son of John Crewe MP (formerly Offley), Crewe Hall, Cheshire, and Sarah, dau. of Morgan Price, Nantgwared, Brecon; b. 6 Feb 1717; adm. Nov. 1728; left 1733; Hart Hall, Oxford, matr. 12 Dec 1734; migr. to Hertford Coll.; BCL 1741; DCL 1746; ordained; Rector of Warmingham, Cheshire, from 10 Mar 1747; Rector of Barthomley, Cheshire, from 21 Jan 1758; m. Anne, dau. of John Read, Llandinam Hall, Montgomeryshire; d. 20 May 1777.

CREWE, RICHARD, brother of John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe (qv); b. 27 Sep 1749; adm. Manchester GS 1757; at school under Markham (The World, 24 Feb 1787, 3); Ensign, 1st Foot Guards 4 Mar 1767; Capt., 17th Dragoons 11 Jul 1769; Maj., 25 Feb 1776; retd. 3 Jun 1778; m. in Jamaica 1780 Milborough, dau. of Samuel Alpress, Jamaica; d. 17 Jun 1814.