Sir Clipsby Crewe (1599 – June 1648) was an English politician who sat in the

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from 1624 to 1626. Crewe was the elder son of Sir

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, and his first wife Julia Clipsby. He matriculated from

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at Easter 1616 and was admitted at

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on 29 May 1619. He was of Crewe Hall and was knighted on 18 June 1620.Knights of England
/ref> In 1624, Crewe was elected Member of Parliament for Downton in

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. He was re-elected MP for Downton in 1625. In 1626 he was elected MP for

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. Crewe died at the age of 48. Crewe married Jane Pulteney (d.1639) and had sons Ralph, who was an artist killed in Paris, and John and a daughter Frances. His granddaughter Anne Crewe eventually succeeded to the inheritance. She married John Offley of

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, Staffordshire. Her great-grandson was raised to the peerage as

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of Crewe in 1806. Crewe's brother

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was also an MP in 1654.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Crewe, Clipsby 1599 births 1648 deaths Members of the Parliament of England for Callington Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Members of Lincoln's Inn People from Downton, Wiltshire Place of birth missing English MPs 1624–1625 English MPs 1625 English MPs 1626 Members of the pre-1707 English Parliament for constituencies in Wiltshire