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Aidan Merivale Crawley, MBE, TD
1908 - 1993 (85 years)
Generation: 1
Generation: 2
1. Aidan Merivale Crawley, MBE, TD was born on 10 Apr 1908 in Benenden, Kent; died on 3 Nov 1993 in Banbury, Oxfordshire. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Acaster Malbis and Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire-East Riding, England; Age: 2; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
- Arrival: 13 Oct 1933, Southampton, Hampshire
- Departure: 27 Apr 1934, Yokohama, Aomori, Japan
- Arrival: 4 May 1934, Honolulu, Hawaii, USA
- Arrival: 17 May 1934, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Arrival: 30 Sep 1947, New York, USA
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
Aidan married Harriet Virginia Spencer Cowles on 30 Jul 1945. Harriet was born on 24 Aug 1910 in Brattleborough, Windham, Vermont, USA; died on 16 Sep 1983 in Biarritz, France. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- 2. Andrew Hayward Crawley
was born on 21 Jun 1947 in Marylebone, London; died on 10 Sep 1988 in Turin, Torino, Piemonte, Italy. - 3. Harriet Spencer Crawley
- 4. Randall Stafford Crawley was born on 14 Jul 1950 in Westminster, London; died on 10 Sep 1988 in Turin, Torino, Piemonte, Italy.
Generation: 2
2. Andrew Hayward Crawley (1.Aidan1) was born on 21 Jun 1947 in Marylebone, London; died on 10 Sep 1988 in Turin, Torino, Piemonte, Italy. Notes:
Died:
Killed with his brother Randall in a private plane crash near Turin in ItalyAndrew married Sarah Lawrence [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
3. Harriet Spencer Crawley (1.Aidan1)Family/Spouse: Douglas Percy Codrington Nation. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
Harriet married Gleb Chestekov [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Harriet married Julian Ayer [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
4. Randall Stafford Crawley (1.Aidan1) was born on 14 Jul 1950 in Westminster, London; died on 10 Sep 1988 in Turin, Torino, Piemonte, Italy. Notes:
Died:
Killed with his brother Andrew in a private plane crash near Turin in ItalyRandall married Marita Georgina Phillips on 3 Nov 1982 in Westminster, London. Marita was born on 28 May 1954 in Marylebone, London; died on 17 Jan 2005. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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