Sir Clipsby Crew was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons

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  from 1624 to 1626.

Crew was the elder son of Ranulph Crewe

Ranulph Crewe

Sir Ranulph Crewe was an English judge and Chief Justice of the King’s Bench.-Early life and career:...

 and his wife Julia Clipsby. He matriculated from St John's College, Cambridge

St John's College, Cambridge

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 at Easter 1616 and was admitted at Lincoln's Inn

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 on 29 May 1619. He was of Crewe Hall and was knighted on 18 June 1620.

In 1624, Crew was elected Member of Parliament

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 for Downton

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

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.

Crew died at the age of 48.

Crew married and had sons Ralph, who was an artist killed in Paris, and John. His granddaughter Anne Crewe eventually succeeded to the inheritance She married John Offley of Madeley Old Manor

Madeley Old Manor

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, Staffordshire. Her greatgrandson was raised to the peerage as Baron Crewe

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, of Crewe Hall, Cheshire. This branch of the Crewe family descended from Sir Ranulph Crewe , Speaker of the House of...

 of Crewe in 1806. Crew's brother John

John Crew

John Crew was an English barrister and politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1654.Crew was the second son of Ranulph Crewe and his wife Julia Clipsby. He matriculated from St John's College, Cambridge at Easter 1619 and was admitted at Lincoln's Inn on 28 October 1618...

was also an MP in 1654