Rev. Canon Arthur Stafford Crawley

1876 - 1948  (71 years)

• Name	Arthur Stafford Crawley
  Title	Rev. Canon
  Birth	18 Oct 1876	Tressady, Sutherland, Scotland
  Gender	Male
  Residence	1881	Merton, Surrey
  Residence	1891	Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire
  Residence	2 Apr 1911	Acaster Malbis and Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire-East Riding, England
  	Age: 34; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head
  Death	8 Oct 1948	Clewer, Berkshire
  Notes	His wife's 3rd cousin, being great-grandson of Sir Thomas Crawley Boevey (2nd Baronet, died 1818), (refer to Family Tree entry) and Debrett's 'Baronetage'. 6th and youngest son of George Baden Crawley by Inez, daughter of Henry Young Hulbert of East Farleigh, Kent. Educated at Harrow School 1890-5; matric. Oxford (Magdalen College) 1895; 3rd Class History and BA 1898; MA 1905; student at Cuddesdon Theological College, 1900. At Harrow was in the School Cricket XI and School Racquet pair, 1894-5: at Oxford was in the Racquet and also in the Royal Tennis pairs for the University, 1897-8, and Royal Tennis singles, 1898. Deacon, 1901. Priest, 1902. Curate of St. Dunstan's, Stepney, and chaplain to the Bishop, 1901-3; curate of St. Luke's, Chelsea, 1903; vicar of Benenden, Kent, 1905-10: vicar of Bishopthorpe, co. York, 1910-18. Chaplain to the Archbishop, 1910-18 and 1924-28; vicar of Acaster Malbis, co. York, 1914-18; Church of England Men's Society's Messenger to Dioceses of Bristol, Glos., and Hereford, 1919-22; vicar of East Meon, Hants., 1922-24; sec. of Yorks Dioc. Board of Finance, 1924-28; canon and preb. of Givendale in York Minster 1928; assist, sec. of Central Board of Finance of the Church of England (Ch, House, Westminster) 1928-29. Dioc. Sec. St. Albans and Hon. Canon St. Albans from 1929. In the Great War he was Temporary Chaplain in the Army, 1915-17 and 1918-19 (in France 1915-17 with the Guards Division and the 8th Division and in Italy 1918-19 with the 48th Division); mentioned in despatches (London Gazette} 14 Nov. 1916, and 5 June, 1919; Military Cross, 1916 and clasp, 1917; 1915 Star, British War Medal, Allies' (Victory) Medal; Coronation Medal, 1911. Canon of Windsor 1933-until his death in 1948. Precentor of St. George's Chapel. Steward of the Dean and Chapter of St. George's 1946-48. Hon. Secretary to The Society of Friends of St. George's and the Descendants of the Knights of the Garter from 1934 until his death. Started and presided over an association of families of Prisoners of War in Windsor throughout the war. Arthur Stafford Crawley MC (18 September 1876 – 8 October 1948) was a Canon of Windsor from 1934 to 1948. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Stafford_Crawley
  Person ID	I1748	Gibbs Family Tree
  Last Modified	25 Jan 2019

  
  

  Father	George Baden Crawley,   b. 4 Sep 1833, London d. 23 Nov 1879, Steam Ship "City of Alexandria", nr. Veracruz, Mexico (Age 46 years)
  Mother	Eliza Inez Hulbert,   b. 6 Jan 1841, Tottenham, Middlesex d. 29 Jul 1913, Wheathampstead House, St Albans, Hertfordshire (Age 72 years)
  Marriage	6 Aug 1863	East Farleigh, Kent
  Family ID	F509	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Anstice Katherine Gibbs,   b. 12 Sep 1881, Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset d. 8 Jan 1963, Chelsea, London (Age 81 years)
  Marriage	16 Jun 1903	Wraxall, Somerset
  Children	1. Major Cosmo Stafford Crawley,   b. 27 May 1904, Chelsea, London d. 10 Feb 1989, Westminster, London (Age 84 years) + 2. Janet Inez Crawley,   b. 21 May 1906, Cranbrook, Kent d. 25 Dec 1964, Oxford, Oxfordshire (Age 58 years)   3. Aidan Merivale Crawley, MBE, TD,   b. 10 Apr 1908, Benenden, Kent d. 3 Nov 1993, Banbury, Oxfordshire (Age 85 years)   4. Beatrice Anstice Crawley,   b. 7 Dec 1911, Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire d. Jan 2001, Winchester, Hampshire (Age 89 years)   5. Kenneth Arnold Gibbs Crawley,   b. 12 Oct 1913, Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire d. Nov 1988, Salisbury, Wiltshire (Age 75 years)
  Family ID	F804	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	26 Aug 2017

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 18 Oct 1876 - Tressady, Sutherland, Scotland Residence - 1881 - Merton, Surrey Residence - 1891 - Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire Marriage - 16 Jun 1903 - Wraxall, Somerset Residence - Age: 34; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Head - 2 Apr 1911 - Acaster Malbis and Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire-East Riding, England Death - 8 Oct 1948 - Clewer, Berkshire  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents

  1911 England Census - Arthur Stafford Crawley Rev. Canon.jpeg