Crewe, John, 1742-1829

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Crewe, John, 1742-1829

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1742-1829

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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.

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Crewe, Richard, 1749-1814 (1749-1814)

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GB-2014-WSA-05537

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Crewe, Richard, 1749-1814

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Crewe, John, 1742-1829

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Greville, Henry Francis, 1760-1816 (1760-1816)

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GB-2014-WSA-08257

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family

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Greville, Henry Francis, 1760-1816

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Crewe, John, 1742-1829

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GB-2014-WSA-05533

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GB 2014

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International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition

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Prepared for import into AtoM by Westminster School Archive staff, 2019-2020

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Users should note that the information recorded here that is not to be found in the first two volumes of the Record of Old Westminsters and its first Supplement has been assembled from various published and manuscript sources by Hugh Edmund Pagan MA FSA, and all new resulting text is his copyright, © 2014.

The Record of Old Westminsters: A biographical list of all those who are known to have been educated at Westminster School from the earliest times to 1927, Volumes 1 & 2, compiled by G. F. Russell Barker and Alan H. Stenning, London, 1928.

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