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

Peerage of England

The Peerage of England comprises all peerages created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Peerages of England and Scotland were replaced by one Peerage of Great Britain....

. It was created on 20 April 1661 for the politician John Crew

John Crew, 1st Baron Crew

John Crew, 1st Baron Crew of Stene was an English Puritan politician, who sided with the Parliamentary cause during the Civil War but was raised to a peerage by Charles II after the Restoration.-Career:...

. He was the son of Sir Thomas Crewe

Thomas Crewe

Sir Thomas Crewe , of Stene in Northamptonshire, was an English Member of Parliament and lawyer, and served as Speaker of the House of Commons from 1623 to 1625....

, Speaker of the House of Commons

Speaker of the British House of Commons

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

Member of Parliament

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 for Northamptonshire

Northamptonshire (UK Parliament constituency)

The county constituency of Northamptonshire, in the East Midlands of England was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of England, then of the Parliament of Great Britain from 1707 to 1800 and of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1801 to 1832 and was represented in...

 and Brackley

Brackley (UK Parliament constituency)

Brackley was a parliamentary borough in Northamptonshire, which elected two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons from 1547 until 1832, when the constituency was abolished by the Great Reform Act.-History:...

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

Bishop of Oxford

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 and Bishop of Durham. The title became extinct on his death in 1721.

Sir Ranulph Crewe

Ranulph Crewe

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

, uncle of the first Baron, was the ancestor (through the female line) of John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe

John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe

John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe , of Crewe Hall in Cheshire, was a British politician. He is chiefly remembered for his sponsorship of Crewe's Act of 1782, which barred customs officers and post office officials from voting....

 (see 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...

).

Barons Crew (1661)

• John Crew, 1st Baron Crew
  John Crew, 1st Baron Crew
  John Crew, 1st Baron Crew of Stene was an English Puritan politician, who sided with the Parliamentary cause during the Civil War but was raised to a peerage by Charles II after the Restoration.-Career:...
  
   (1598–1679)
• Thomas Crew, 2nd Baron Crew
  Thomas Crew, 2nd Baron Crew
  Thomas Crew, 2nd Baron Crew 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....
  
   (1624–1697)
• Nathaniel Crew, 3rd Baron Crew
  Nathaniel Crew, 3rd Baron Crew
  Nathanial Crew, 3rd Baron Crew 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....
  
  (1633–1721)