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Aidan Merivale Crawley, MBE, TD

Aidan Merivale Crawley, MBE, TD

Male 1908 - 1993  (85 years)

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  • Name Aidan Merivale Crawley 
    Suffix MBE, TD 
    Birth 10 Apr 1908  Benenden, Kent Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Address:
    Brenenden Vicarage 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 2 Apr 1911  Acaster Malbis and Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire-East Riding, England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Age: 2; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son 
    Arrival 13 Oct 1933  Southampton, Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Departure 27 Apr 1934  Yokohama, Aomori, Japan Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Arrival 4 May 1934  Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Arrival 17 May 1934  Los Angeles, California, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Arrival 30 Sep 1947  New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Death 3 Nov 1993  Banbury, Oxfordshire Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • Baptised at St. George's, Benenden. Educated at Harrow School 1921-26; matric. at Oxford (Trinity College, History Scholar) October 1926; 2nd class History and BA 1930, MA 1948.

      At Harrow he was in the School Cricket XI 1923-26, and the School Racket pair 1925-26; at Oxford in the Cricket XI of the University 1926-30.

      Royal Auxiliary Air Force 1936-39. Royal Air Force 1939-47. Balkan Intelligence Service (Assistant Air Attache Belgrade, Sofia, Ankara) 1940. Shot down over Western Desert while commanding 34 (F) Squadron July 1941. Prisoner of War (Germany) 1942-45. Official historian of R.A.F. escape in Germany 1946-47.

      M.P. (Labour) N. Bucks. 1945-51. Parliamentary Private Secretary to Secretary of State for Colonies 1945-48. Delegate to the Council of Europe 1949-51. Under Secretary of State, Air Ministry 1950-51. Resigned from Labour Party 1956. M.P. (Cons.) West Derbyshire 1962-68.

      1951-54 made documentary films for B.B.C. 1955-56 Founder Editor Independent Television News. 1957-58 Consultant to Thames Television for Intertel programmes. 1958-60, Member of Monckton Commission on Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland. 1967 Founder Chairman of London Weekend Television: President 1972-74. Made documentary films in conjunction with E.M.I. Films Ltd. 1975-78.

      Publications: Escape from Germany, 1956; De Gaulle, a biography, 1969; The Rise of Western Germany, 1972.

      Children: Andrew Hayward, born 21 June 1947; Harriet Spencer, born 10 Sept. 1948; Randall Stafford, born 14 July 1950.

    • Aidan Merivale Crawley, MBE (10 April 1908 – 3 November 1993) was a British journalist, television executive and editor, and politician. He was a member of both of Britain's major political parties: the Labour Party and Conservative Party, and was elected to the House of Commons as a Labour MP from 1945 to 1951, and as a Conservative MP from 1962 to 1967. See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aidan_Crawley
    Person ID I2273  Gibbs Family Tree
    Last Modified 25 Jan 2019 

    Father Rev. Canon Arthur Stafford Crawley,   b. 18 Oct 1876, Tressady, Sutherland, Scotland Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Oct 1948, Clewer, Berkshire Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Anstice Katherine Gibbs,   b. 12 Sep 1881, Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Jan 1963, Chelsea, London Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 81 years) 
    Marriage 16 Jun 1903  Wraxall, Somerset Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F804  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Harriet Virginia Spencer Cowles,   b. 24 Aug 1910, Brattleborough, Windham, Vermont, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Sep 1983, Biarritz, France Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 73 years) 
    Marriage 30 Jul 1945 
    Children 
    +1. Andrew Hayward Crawley,   b. 21 Jun 1947, Marylebone, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 1988, Turin, Torino, Piemonte, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years)
    +2. Harriet Spencer Crawley
    +3. Randall Stafford Crawley,   b. 14 Jul 1950, Westminster, London Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Sep 1988, Turin, Torino, Piemonte, Italy Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 38 years)
    Family ID F1025  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Jul 2017 

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    Brenenden Vicarage - 10 Apr 1908 - Benenden, Kent    		 Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - Age: 2; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son - 2 Apr 1911 - Acaster Malbis and Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire-East Riding, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - 13 Oct 1933 - Southampton, Hampshire Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeparture - 27 Apr 1934 - Yokohama, Aomori, Japan Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - 4 May 1934 - Honolulu, Hawaii, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - 17 May 1934 - Los Angeles, California, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - 30 Sep 1947 - New York, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 3 Nov 1993 - Banbury, Oxfordshire Link to Google Earth
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