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 422 CREW — CREWE. m. 1697. 3. Nathaniel (Crew), Baron Crew of Stene, and to Lord Bishop of Durham/") next aurv. br. and h. male, J. 31 Jan. 1633 1721. at Steue, mat. at Oxford (Line. Coll.), 8 June 1653 ; B.A, 1656 ; Fellow, and subsequently (1688-72) Hector of Lincoln College, Oxford ; D.C.L., 2 July 1664 ; Dean of Chichester, 1669 ; Bishop of Oxford, 1671-74 ; and Bishop of Durham, 1674, till his death. Clerk of the Closet and P.C. both to Charles II and James II. With the latter he was in great favour, being made by him a member of the Eccles. Commission. He, however, gave his vote in favour of the throne being vacant in 1688, but was excepted from the gen. pardon of May 1690 and deprived of his ecclesiastical patronage. He m. firstly, 21 Dec. 1691, Dime Penelope Tevat, widow, da. of Sir Philip FnowDE, of Kent, by his 1st wife, Margaret, da. of Brian O'Neile, of Ulster. She d. 9 March 1699, higher 44th year, and was bur. at Stene. M.I. He m. secondly, 23 July 1700, at Durham, Dorothy, da. of Sir William Forster, of Bamburgh Caatle,( b ) Northumberland. She d. 16 Oct. 1715, aged 42, and was bur. at Stene. M.I. Admon. 18 May 1716. He d. at Stene, 18 Sep. 1721, aged 88, and is bur. there, when his peerage became extinct. M.I. Will pr. March 1722. (') CREWE OE CREWE. I. 1806. J. Joiin Crewe, of Crewe Hall, Cheshire, s. and h. of John C.( d ) of the same, by Anne, da. of Richard Shuttleworth, of Gawthorp, co. Lancaster, was 6. 1742 ; sue. his father, 1752 ; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 19 Feb, 1760 ; was High Sheriff for Cheshire, 1764 ; M.P. for Stafford, 1765-68 ; for Cheshire, 1768-1806, when, having been in Pari, above 48 years and a constant supporter of the Whig party, he was under the Fox ministry, cr., 25 Feb. 1806, BARON CREWE OF CREWE, co. Chester.(o) He Bt, 4 April 1766, Frances, da. of of Fulke Greville, of Wilbury, Wilts, by Frances, da. of James Macartney. She d. 23 Dec. 1818. He d. in Groavenor Street, Midx., 28 April 1829, aged 86. Will pr. Dec. 1829. II. 1829. 2. John (Crewe), Baron Ckewe of Crewe, only s. and h. bap. 1772, at St. Geo. Han. sq. ; served in the army, be- coming eventually a Lieut. General. He m. 5 May 1807, at St. Geo. Hau. sq., Henrietta Maria Anne, da. of George WaLker-Hi'Ngerford, of Calne, Wilts, by Henrietta Maria, da. of John Hungerford Keate, s. of John K. by Frances, da. of Sir George Hukgebford. Shed. 14 JaD. 1820, in Cavendish Square, Midx. He d. 4 Dec. 1835 at his Chateau, near Liege. Will pr. May 1838. ( a ) It is believed that this is the first instance of a Peer holding a Bishopric. (b) This estate was sold in 1704 by order of Chancery, bought by Lord Crew for £20,679, under whose will it passed, together with most of his property, to charitable purposes. The Crewian oration at Oxford owes its origin to him. ( c ) The estate of Stene devolved at his death, under the marriage settlement of his l)Tother, the 2nd BaTon with his second wife, to Jemima, Dxichess of Kent, who was 3rd da. and coheir of that Lord, but eldest by the second marriage. She d. 2 July 1728, and on the death of her husband (who occasionally resided there), 5 June 1740, it was sold by their coheirs to the famous Duchess Dow. of Marlborough, from whom it passed to the Earls Spencer, the residence being taken down before 1750. (a) He was s. and h. of John Crewe, formerly Ofliey, of Crewe Hat!, who took the name of Crewe by Act of Pari. 1708, being s. and h. of John OfHey, of Madeley manor, co. Stafford, by Ann, cla. and h. of John Crewe of Crewe afsd. (') This peerage was obtained for him rjy Fox, who " preferred Mrs. Crewe to all women living," but she " never lost an atom of character, I mean, female honour ; she loved high play and dissipation, but was no sensualist." See Mrs. Piozzi'B note in " WraxaU's Memoirs". Vol. 2, p. 10. To her the Prince of Wales made the well known toast of * True Blue and Mrs. Crewe " at a banquet to celebrate Fox's re- election for Westminster in 1781, the colours of which were, like those of General Washington (the same as " the Edinburgh Review " adopted for its cover) blue