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CRESSWELL, HENRY WHITFIELD, son of Richard Cheslyn Cresswell, Joint Deputy Registrar Prerogative Court of Canterbury and a proctor, Court of Arches, and Mary Whitfield (IGI); b.; in school list 1803; left 1810; adm. proctor, Court of Arches 1819; practised in Godliman Street, Doctors’ Commons, London; d. 17 Feb 1828.

CRESWELL, ---; b.; in school list 1797.

Creswell, Keppel Archibald Cameron, only son of Keppel Creswell, of Regent's Park, a member of Lloyds, by Margaret, daughter of Thomas Henderson, of Rugby, solicitor; b. Sept. 13, 1879; adm. May 8, 1891 (H); left July 1896; City and Guilds Technical Coll. Finsbury, Mitchell scholar 1897; served in Great War I; Staff Capt. R.A.F. Middle East Jan. 1918; thrice mentioned in despatches; M.B.E. Jan. 1, 1919; Inspector of Monuments, Syria and Palestine, Eastern Area, enemy territory Aug. 4, 1919 May 1920; Hon. A. R. I. B.A.; Professor of Muslim Art and Archaeology, Egyptian University, Cairo, 1931-51; Professor of Muslim Architecture, American Univ., Cairo, 1956; F. S. A. 1927; F. B.A. 1947; Hon. D. Litt. Oxon. 1946 and Princeton 1947; Rockefeller Foundation Fellow 1952-4; C.B.E. June 1955; Sir Percy Sykes Memorial Medal of the Royal Central Asian Society; Triennial Gold Medal of the Royal Asiatic Society; author of A Brief Chronology of the Mohammadan Monuments of Egypt (1919), Early Muslim Architecture (1932), The Muslim Architecture of Egypt (1952-9), A Bibliograph of the Architecture, Arts and Crafts ef Islam (1961), and other works.

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.