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7 unusual facts about John Crewe


John Crewe

John Crew, 1st Baron Crew (1597/8–1679), English politician and landowner; also known as John Crewe

John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe

Crewe rarely spoke in the House of Commons, and more than half his recorded contributions concerned a single measure, the Parliament Act of 1782 which thereafter bore his name.

He is chiefly remembered for his sponsorship of Crewe's Act of 1782, which barred customs officers and post office officials from voting.

John Crewe, 2nd Baron Crewe

In 1793, when he held the rank of a lieutenant, he was a member of the Macartney Embassy to China, led by Lord Macartney, who was his mother's cousin.

As a child in around 1775, he was painted by Sir Joshua Reynolds in a pose and costume which mimic the well-known portrait of Henry VIII by Hans Holbein the Younger.

Crewe Hall and the rental income from the Crewe family's large estates in Cheshire and Staffordshire were inherited by his sister, Elizabeth Cunliffe-Offley.

Parliament Act 1782

The Act, which was passed by Rockingham's government at the instance of John Crewe, disqualified all officers of Customs and Excise and the Post Office from voting in parliamentary elections.



see also

140–142 Hospital Street, Nantwich

The present building dates originally from the late 16th century, and was built by John Crewe (c. 1524–98), who is said to have been a tanner.

Crewe Almshouses

Crewe Almshouses, Nantwich, Cheshire: founded by John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe