Harpur-Crewe baronets

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Calke Abbey, the seat of the Harpur Crewe family

The Harpur (later Crewe and Harpur Crewe) Baronetcy, of

Member of Parliament for Worcester and Tamworth. The sixth Baronet was Member of Parliament for Derbyshire. The seventh Baronet assumed the alternative surname of Crewe in 1808 in commemoration of his ancestry. The eighth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Derbyshire South
. The ninth Baronet assumed the surname Harpur Crewe and was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1853. The tenth Baronet was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1900. The title became extinct on his death in 1924.

The Harpurs and Harpur-Crews assembled a vast collection of natural history objects. The seventh Baronet probably started collecting birds as

The Derbyshire estate passed down on the female line and in 1949 was inherited by Charles Jenney, grandson of the last Baronet, who changed his name to Harpur-Crewe. Inheritance tax problems forced the sale of the estate on his death in 1981 and in 1985 Calke Abbey passed to the National Trust.

Harpur, later Harpur Crewe baronets, of Calke Abbey (1626)

escutcheon of the Harpur Crewe baronets
John Harpur, 4th Baronet (1679–1741) (John Kerseboom)

See also

References

  1. ^ Brewster, Lindy (1997). "The Harpur Crewe collection of Natural History at Calke Abbey, Derbyshire". Journal of the History Collections. 9 (1): 131–138.
  2. ^ "Calke Abbey's collection". National Trust. Archived from the original on 1 September 2023. Retrieved 1 September 2023.