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 CREWE 535 CREWE OF CREWE I. 1806. I. John Crewe, s. and h. of John C. (M.P. for CO. Chester 1734 till his death, 18 Sep. I752),(') of Crewe Hall,('') Cheshire, by Anne, da. of Richard Shuttleworth, of Gawthorp, co. Lancaster, was ^.27 Sep. 1742, and bap. at St. Geo., Han. Sq.; matric. at Oxford (Ch. Ch.), 19 Feb. 1760; was High Sheriff for Cheshire, 1764; M.P. (Whig) for Stafford, 1765-68; for Cheshire 1 768-1 802. (■=) Having been in Pari, above 48 years and a constant Whig, he was «-., 25 Feb. 1806 BARON CREWE OF CREWE, co. Chester. He w., 4 Apr. 1766, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Frances, da. of Fulke Greville, of Wilbury, Wilts, by Frances, da. of James Macartney. She d. 23 Dec. 18 18, in Liverpool, and was bur. at Barthomley, co. Chester.^) He d. 28 Apr. 1829, in Grosvenor Str., Midx., aged 86. Will pr. Dec. 1829. IL 1829. 2. John (Crewe), Baron Crewe of Crewe, only s. and h., bap. i-JI^, at St. Geo., Han. Sq.; served in the army. Major Gen. 1808, Lieut. Gen. 18 13, Gen. 1830, retired 1831. A Whig. He m., 5 May 1807, at St. Geo., Han. Sq., Henrietta Maria Anne, da. of George Walker-Hungerford, of Calne, Wilts, by Henrietta Maria, da. of John Hungerford Keate.(^) Shed'. 14 Jan. 1820, in Cavendish Sq., Midx., aged 48. M.L at Calne. He d'. 4 Dec. 1835, at his Chateau, near Liege.(^ Will pr. May 1838. (*) He was s. and h. of John Crewe, formerly Offley, of Crewe Hall, who took the name of Crewe by Act of Pari. 1708, being s. and h. of John Offley, of Madeley manor, co. Stafford, by Anne, da. and h. of John Crewe of Crewe afsd. C") Sir Randolph Crew (see ante, p. 532, note " i ") built Crewe Hail 1615-36, from designs of Inigo Jones. It was restored in i837,almost totally burnt in Jan. 1866, and rebuilt by Barry. V.G. {f) He is well known for having proposed and carried the Bill disfranchising Ofl5cers of Customs and Excise. He got his Peerage on the recommendation of Fox. V.G. (^) Fox " 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's note in JVraxaWi Mcmcirs, vol. ii, p. 10). In her honour the Prince of Wales gave the well-known toast of " True Blue and Mrs. Crewe " at a banquet to celebrate Fox's re-election for Westminster in 1784, the colours of which were, like those of General Washington (the same as the Edinburgh Review adopted for its cover) blue and buff. G.E.C. The Rt. Hon. Charles Arbuthnot says of her, about 1790, "She, I think, is a charming person, and I find her particularly pleasant . . . Instead of a fine lady she is a comfortable kind of creature that has read a great deal and is amazingly well informed." Madame d'Arblay, writing of her beauty, says, "I know not even now any female in her first youth who could bear the comparison. She uglifies everything near her." [Diary, 1792). V.G. («) He was s. of John Keate, by Frances, da. of Sir George Hungerford. (<) The well-known portrait of him as a child (in fancy dress as Henry VIII), by Sir Joshua Reynolds, now (19 13) belongs to the Marquess of Crewe. V.G.