Baron Crew, of Stene in the County of Northampton, was a title in the

Peerage of England The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. From that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were closed to new creations, and new peers were created in a single Peerag ...

. It was created on 20 April 1661 for the politician

John Crew John Crewe or Crew (1603 – 12 May 1670) was an English barrister and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654. Crewe was the second son of Sir Ranulph Crewe, Lord Chief Justice of England, and his first wife Julia Clipsby. He ma ...

. He was the son of Sir Thomas Crewe,

Speaker of the House of Commons Speaker of the House of Commons is a political leadership position found in countries that have a House of Commons, where the membership of the body elects a speaker to lead its proceedings. Systems that have such a position include: * Speaker of ...

. Lord Crew was succeeded by his eldest son, the second Baron. He sat as Member of Parliament for

Northamptonshire Northamptonshire ( ; abbreviated Northants.) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East Midlands of England. It is bordered by Leicestershire, Rutland and Lincolnshire to the north, Cambridgeshire to the east, Bedfordshi ...

and

Brackley Brackley is a market town and civil parish in the West Northamptonshire unitary authority area of Northamptonshire, England. It is on the borders with Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire, east-southeast of Banbury, north-northeast of Oxford, and ...

. On his death the title passed to his younger brother, the third Baron. He was

Bishop of Oxford The Bishop of Oxford is the diocesan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Oxford in the Province of Canterbury; his seat is at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. The current bishop is Steven Croft (bishop), Steven Croft, following the Confirm ...

and

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. The title became extinct on his death in 1721. Sir Ranulph Crewe, uncle of the first Baron, was the ancestor (through the female line) of

John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe (27 September 1742 – 28 April 1829), of Crewe Hall in Cheshire, was a British politician. He is chiefly remembered for his sponsorship of the Parliament Act 1782 ( 22 Geo. 3. c. 41), also known as 'Crewe's Act', ...

(see

Baron Crewe Baron Crewe, of Crewe in the County of Chester, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 25 February 1806 for the politician and landowner John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe, John Crewe, of Crewe Hall, Cheshire. This branch of ...

Barons Crew (1661)

John Crew, 1st Baron Crew John Crew, 1st Baron Crew of Stene (1598 – 12 December 1679) was an English lawyer and politician, who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1624 and 1660. He was a Puritan and sided with the Parliamentary cause during the Civ ...

(1598–1679) *

Thomas Crew, 2nd Baron Crew Thomas Crew, 2nd Baron Crew (1624 – 30 November 1697) of Steane, Northamptonshire was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1654 and 1679, when he inherited the peerage Baron Crew. Life Crew w ...

(1624–1697) *

Nathaniel Crew, 3rd Baron Crew Nathaniel Crew, 3rd Baron Crew (31 January 163318 September 1721) was Bishop of Oxford from 1671 to 1674, then Bishop of Durham from 1674 to 1721. As such he was one of the longest-serving bishops of the Church of England. Crew was the son of Jo ...

(1633–1721)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Crew 1661 establishments in England Extinct baronies in the Peerage of England Noble titles created in 1661

Barons Crew (1661)

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