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George Abraham Crawley

Male 1795 - 1862  (66 years)


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  1. 1.  George Abraham Crawley was born on 26 Sep 1795 in Whitestone, Devon; died on 24 Jul 1862 in Ambleside, Westmorland; was buried on 31 Jul 1862 in St James, St Pancras, London.

    Notes:

    George Abraham Crawley (2nd son), born at Stowe aforesaid 26 September 1795; educated at Rugby School (entered 1808); married 29 September 1826 Caroline, daughter of David Powell (for whose family see 'Antony & Dorothea Gibbs' by J.A. Gibbs p. 377, n6); died at Ambleside 24th and was buried 31 July 1862 in Highgate Cemetry. He was articled in 1812 to Jones & Green, solicitors in London, admitted solicitor 1817, afterwards partner in Pemberton Crawley & Gardener, London, later Crawley Arnold & Co. Marshal to Chief Justice Sir Vicary Gibbs 1815. Many years legal adviser to teh National Society and Treasurer to the Additional Curates Fund. Member 1819-62, Secretary 1833-62, of 'Nobody's Friends'. A spcial memoir of him by G.E.Cokayne is in the book, 'Nobody's Friends' (privileged printed 1885). His home from 1839 onwards was Fitzroy Farm, Highgate, which he built. By his two married sons and four married daughters he has numerous descendants, and one of his grandsons, Canon A. Stafford Crawley, married Anstice Katharine, grand-daughter of William and Matilda Blanche Gibbs, above mentioned.

    George married Caroline Powell on 29 Sep 1826 in Loughton, Essex. Caroline was born on 2 Mar 1804 in Bloomsbury, London; died on 17 Dec 1875 in Highgate, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. George Baden Crawley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 4 Sep 1833 in London; died on 23 Nov 1879 in Steam Ship "City of Alexandria", nr. Veracruz, Mexico.
    2. 3. Rev. Robert Townsend Crawley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 13 Feb 1832 in St Pancras, Middlesex; died on 30 Sep 1905 in Chelmsford, Essex.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  George Baden Crawley Descendancy chart to this point (1.George1) was born on 4 Sep 1833 in London; died on 23 Nov 1879 in Steam Ship "City of Alexandria", nr. Veracruz, Mexico.

    George married Eliza Inez Hulbert on 6 Aug 1863 in East Farleigh, Kent. Eliza (daughter of Henry Young Hulbert and Eliza Smale) was born on 6 Jan 1841 in Tottenham, Middlesex; died on 29 Jul 1913 in Wheathampstead House, St Albans, Hertfordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. George Abraham Crawley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 24 Jun 1864 in Upper Norwood, Surrey; died on 11 Jul 1926 in Chelsea, London.
    2. 5. Henry Ernest Crawley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Aug 1865 in Highgate, Middlesex; died on 18 Jun 1931 in Walton On The Hill, Surrey.
    3. 6. Leonard Russell Crawley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Nov 1866 in Mexico; died on 25 Jun 1893 in Hertfordshire.
    4. 7. Major Eustace Crawley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 19 Apr 1868 in Highgate, Middlesex; died on 2 Nov 1914 in Wytschaete, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium; was buried in Ieper, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium.
    5. 8. Caroline Inez Crawley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Feb 1870 in Marylebone, London; died on 15 Jun 1920.
    6. 9. John Kenneth Crawley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 Aug 1873 in Golspie, Sutherland, Scotland; died on 29 Nov 1943 in Lambeth, Surrey; was buried in 1943 in Durham, County Durham.
    7. 10. Rev. Canon Arthur Stafford Crawley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 18 Oct 1876 in Tressady, Sutherland, Scotland; died on 8 Oct 1948 in Clewer, Berkshire.
    8. 11. Georgina Beatrice Crawley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 May 1880 in St Marylebone, Middlesex; died on 6 Apr 1968 in Bath, Somerset.

  2. 3.  Rev. Robert Townsend Crawley Descendancy chart to this point (1.George1) was born on 13 Feb 1832 in St Pancras, Middlesex; died on 30 Sep 1905 in Chelmsford, Essex.

    Robert married Louisa Marianne Clutterbuck on 20 Jan 1857 in Long Wittenham, Berkshire. Louisa (daughter of James Charles Clutterbuck and Louisa Capel) was born on 25 Mar 1832 in Watford, Hertfordshire; died on 23 Sep 1905. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 12. Robert Francis Crawley  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1853 in Witham, Essex.
    2. 13. Charles Henry Crawley  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1860 in Witham, Essex.
    3. 14. George Herbert Crawley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 16 Nov 1863 in Romford, Essex; died on 4 Jan 1888.
    4. 15. James Henry Crawley  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1866 in Essex.


Generation: 3

  1. 10.  Rev. Canon Arthur Stafford Crawley Descendancy chart to this point (2.George2, 1.George1) was born on 18 Oct 1876 in Tressady, Sutherland, Scotland; died on 8 Oct 1948 in Clewer, Berkshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • 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

    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

    Arthur married Anstice Katherine Gibbs on 16 Jun 1903 in Wraxall, Somerset. Anstice (daughter of Antony Gibbs, of Tyntesfield and Janet Louisa Merivale) was born on 12 Sep 1881 in Tyntesfield, Wraxall, Somerset; died on 8 Jan 1963 in Chelsea, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 16. Major Cosmo Stafford Crawley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 27 May 1904 in Chelsea, London; died on 10 Feb 1989 in Westminster, London.
    2. 17. Janet Inez Crawley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 May 1906 in Cranbrook, Kent; died on 25 Dec 1964 in Oxford, Oxfordshire.
    3. 18. Aidan Merivale Crawley, MBE, TD  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 10 Apr 1908 in Benenden, Kent; died on 3 Nov 1993 in Banbury, Oxfordshire.
    4. 19. Beatrice Anstice Crawley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 7 Dec 1911 in Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire; died in Jan 2001 in Winchester, Hampshire.
    5. 20. Kenneth Arnold Gibbs Crawley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 12 Oct 1913 in Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire; died in Nov 1988 in Salisbury, Wiltshire.


Generation: 4

  1. 16.  Major Cosmo Stafford CrawleyMajor Cosmo Stafford Crawley Descendancy chart to this point (10.Arthur3, 2.George2, 1.George1) was born on 27 May 1904 in Chelsea, London; died on 10 Feb 1989 in Westminster, London.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Acaster Malbis and Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire-East Riding, England; Age: 6; Marital Status: Single; Relation to Head of House: Son
    • Arrival: 28 Aug 1925, New York, USA
    • Departure: 9 Apr 1936, Southampton, Hampshire
    • Arrival: 13 Mar 1947, Southampton, Hampshire

    Notes:

    Baptised at St. Luke's, Chelsea. Educated at Harrow School 1918-22; matric at Oxford (Magdalen College) October 1922; 4th class Honours and BA 1925.

    At Harrow he was in the Cricket XI and Rackets Pair 1920-22. Fives Pair 1921 and 1922. Played Rackets and Royal Tennis First string for Oxford 1923-25. At cricket awarded a Harlequin 1925. Joined Messrs. C. T. Bowring & Co. (Insurance) 1925, a Director 1934-67. Consultant 1967-73. Underwriting Member of Lloyds 1927 to date. Amateur Singles Champion of Rackets 1929. Amateur Doubles Champion 1931-1936-1938-1939-1946. Captain of British Rackets Team v. U.S.A. 1947, winning International match, 5-2, in New York, personally successful in Singles and Doubles. Winner of Weston Rackets Doubles Chicago, and Canadian Doubles Montreal 1947. President of Harrow Wanderer's Cricket Club 1965.

    1938 Joined Supplementary Reserve of Coldstream Guards, serving 1939-45. A major in Petroleum Warfare Department 1943-45.

    Died 10 February 1989.

    Children: 4 daughters:

    (1) Sarah Veronica, born 1 Jan. 1933, m. Captain Ian Henderson, born 18 October 1918, Royal Horse Guards (died 31 Dec. 1969) and has issue - Shamus Henderson, married to Camilla Carolyn Adams on 31 August 1986 and they have two children James Archie born on 27 January 1988 and Laura Natasha born on 8 February 1990;

    (2) Camilla, born 1 March 1936, m. Captain Charles Worthington, Royal Horse Guards, and has issue;

    (3) Henrietta Rose, born 4 June 1937, married Captain Thomas Rendall Dunne and has issue, 2 sons and 2 daughters: (1) Nicholas Dunne who married Lady Jasmine Nancy Cavendish in 2003 and they have 3 children: Cosmo Edward Walker Dunne born 30 August 2006, Barnaby William Stoker Dunne born 6 August 2008 and Reggie Thomas Drew Dunne born on 3 October 2010; (2) Philip Martin Dunne (MP) born in 1958 and married to Dominica Margaret Anne Fraser (born in 1960) with issue - Evelyn Anne Margaret born in 1990, Mathilda Rose Phillipa born in 1992, Thomas Hugo Rendel born in 1995 and Edward Cosmo John born in 1998; (3) Camilla Rose Dunne (born in 1960) and who married The Hon. Rupert Soanes OBE (born in 1959) with issue - Arthur Christopher born in 1990, Daisy Blanche Griselda born in 1992 and Jack Winston Thomas born in 1994; and (4) Letitia Anne Dunne (born in 1965).

    (4) Rosanna Margaret, born 10 Nov. 1946, married Captain David E. Bulmer and has issue.

    Cosmo married Rosemary Christie-Miller on 24 Jul 1930 in Westminster, London. Rosemary (daughter of Sydney Richardson Christie-Miller and Evelyn Norah Vandeleur) was born on 18 May 1907 in London; died on 7 Jun 1999 in Leominster, Herefordshire. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 21. Sarah Veronica Crawley  Descendancy chart to this point
    2. 22. Camilla Crawley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Mar 1936; died on 26 Nov 2018 in St Thomas's Hospital, London; was cremated on 12 Dec 2018 in East Chapel, West London Crematorium, Kensal Green Cemetery, W10 4RA.
    3. 23. Henrietta Rose Crawley  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 24. Rosanna Margaret Crawley  Descendancy chart to this point

  2. 17.  Janet Inez Crawley Descendancy chart to this point (10.Arthur3, 2.George2, 1.George1) was born on 21 May 1906 in Cranbrook, Kent; died on 25 Dec 1964 in Oxford, Oxfordshire.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Baptism: 23 Jun 1906, Benenden, Kent
    • Residence: 2 Apr 1911, Acaster Malbis and Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire-East Riding, England
    • Arrival: 12 Apr 1960, Liverpool, Lancashire

    Notes:

    Baptised at St. George's, Benenden. Educated at Downe House, Newbury 1921-23 and Paris 1923-24.

    District Commissioner Girl Guides in Hertfordshire 1936-41. Chairman St. Audrey's Home (Hertfordshire Society for the Blind) 1946-53.

    Janet married Edward Corbet Woodall on 11 Apr 1928 in Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire. Edward (son of Henry Woodall and Bertha Nettlefold) was born on 5 Dec 1903 in Croydon, Surrey; died on 19 May 1972. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 25. Corbett Stafford Woodall  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 6 Apr 1929; died on 19 May 1982 in London.
    2. 26. Antony Edward Woodall  Descendancy chart to this point was born in 1931 in Mereworth, Kent; died on 9 Mar 2018; was buried on 29 Mar 2018 in Great Hormead, Hertfordshire.
    3. 27. Joanna Mary Woodall  Descendancy chart to this point
    4. 28. Juliet Perpetua Woodall  Descendancy chart to this point

  3. 18.  Aidan Merivale Crawley, MBE, TDAidan Merivale Crawley, MBE, TD Descendancy chart to this point (10.Arthur3, 2.George2, 1.George1) 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:
    1. 29. Andrew Hayward Crawley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 21 Jun 1947 in Marylebone, London; died on 10 Sep 1988 in Turin, Torino, Piemonte, Italy.
    2. 30. Harriet Spencer Crawley  Descendancy chart to this point
    3. 31. Randall Stafford Crawley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 14 Jul 1950 in Westminster, London; died on 10 Sep 1988 in Turin, Torino, Piemonte, Italy.

  4. 19.  Beatrice Anstice Crawley Descendancy chart to this point (10.Arthur3, 2.George2, 1.George1) was born on 7 Dec 1911 in Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire; died in Jan 2001 in Winchester, Hampshire.

    Notes:

    Baptised at St. Andrew's, Bishopthorpe. Educated privately.

    1929-39 Voluntary work, in Guiding and social work as a resident of St. Mildred's House Settlement, Isle of Dogs. 3.1.1939 Military Hospital, Aldershot. Full time mobile V.A.D. 1.10.1941

    London University L.S.E. Social Science Diploma and training in Personnel Management. Member of the Institute of Personnel Management. 1943 Women's Employment Officer at High Duty Alloys, Slough. 1945 to Germany as a member of an U.N.R.R.A. team as Chief Welfare Officer in various Displaced Persons Camps. 1950 Member and subsequently Chairman of the Committee for Displaced Persons (Lifeline), (now Ockenden Venture incorporating Lifeline). 1968 Founder/organiser of the Voluntary Workers Bureau for Kensington and Chelsea, and first Chairman.

    1972 Initiated and became organiser and first Chairman of the Merital Health Association (MIND) for Kensington and Chelsea. Subsequently President.

    Beatrice married Sir Victor Martin Reeves Goodman, KCB, OBE, MC in 1948. Victor was born on 14 Feb 1899; died on 29 Sep 1967. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 20.  Kenneth Arnold Gibbs Crawley Descendancy chart to this point (10.Arthur3, 2.George2, 1.George1) was born on 12 Oct 1913 in Bishopthorpe, Yorkshire; died in Nov 1988 in Salisbury, Wiltshire.

    Notes:

    Baptised at St. Andrew's, Bishopsthorpe, York. Educated at Harrow School and Magdalen College, Oxford, 1932-36.

    Oxford University Authentics 1933. North Somerset Yeomanry 1938 until demobilisation 1945. Major. T.D. Chairman Wright Dean & Co. Ltd. 1960-79, Lloyds Brokers. Member of Lloyds, elected 1945.

    Children: (1) Susanna Janet, born 3 Nov. 1940, married Charles John Swallow and has issue; Charles Aidan Stafford, born 26 Dec. 1945, married Nicola d'Anyers Willis and has issue.

    (2) Penelope Anstice, born 23 Sept. 1950, married 18 February 1971 Charles Heneage Finch-Knightley Lord Guernsey (eldest son of 11th Earl of Aylesford) and has issue: 4 daughters and 1 son: (1) Kate born 20 November 1974, married 25 April 2009 Edward Haynes and have two children Jake (born 3 June 2011 and Benjamin (born 28 February 2012), (2) Rachel born 20 November 1974 and married Andrew Cameron-Web on 24 January 2004 and have three children, Zac (born 30 March 2006), Oliver (born 25 July 2008) and Amber (born 27 September 2012); (3) Alexandra born on 5 October 1977 and married on 25 October 2008 to James Dewar-Durie and have one daughter Isla (born 17 January 2012) and one son Robbie Dewar Durie (born on April 28 2014); (4) Laura born on 9 August 1982 and married on 6 February 2010 Jonathan Dick with one daughter Lockie (born 10 December 2012) and one son Dick Fynn Finch (born april 28 2014); (5) James born on 29 April 1989 and married on 23 June 2012 Georgina Harker, and they have one son Alfred (Alfie) Finch Knightley (born September 28 2014).

    Clubs: Whites, Pratt's, M.C.C.

    Died:
    Death Age (est): 75

    Kenneth married Mary Pamela Vickers in Jun 1939 in Westminster, London. Mary (daughter of Vincent Cartwright Vickers and Nanette Mary Leslie) was born on 25 Dec 1914 in London; died on 26 Jun 1962 in Kensington, London. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 32. Susanna Janet Crawley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 3 Nov 1940; died on 16 Dec 2018.
    2. 33. Charles Aidan Stafford Crawley  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 26 Dec 1945; died on 1 Feb 2018.
    3. 34. Penelope Anstice Crawley, Countess of Aylesford  Descendancy chart to this point

    Kenneth married Jane Phoebe Longworth [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]



 

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