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Baron Crew

extinct barony in the Peerage of England

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionJul 1, 2022
Entity authorityQ4862286 ↗
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Baron Crew, of Stene in the County of Northampton, was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created on 20 April 1661 for the politician John Crew. He was the son of Sir Thomas Crewe, Speaker of the House of Commons. Lord Crew was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. He sat as Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire and Brackley. On his death the title passed to his younger brother, the third Baron. He was Bishop of Oxford and Bishop of Durham. The title became extinct on his death in 1721.

Sir Ranulph Crewe, uncle of the first Baron, was the ancestor (through the female line) of John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe (see Baron Crewe).

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The public source identifies “Baron Crew” as extinct barony in the Peerage of England. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Baron, Crew and extinct.

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This entry incorporates text from “Baron Crew” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.