Crawley-Boevey Baronets
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The Barrow, later Crawley-Boevey Baronetcy, of Highgrove in the County of Gloucester, is a title in the Baronetage of Great Britain. It was created on 22 January 1784 for Charles Barrow, Member of Parliament
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 for Gloucester
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, with remainder to Thomas Crawley-Boevey, who succeeded as second Baronet. Crawley-Boevey was husband of Ann, granddaughter of Thomas Barrow, brother of the first Baronet. His grandfather Thomas Crawley had on inheriting Flaxley Abbey
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Flaxley Abbey is a former Cistercian monastery in England, now a private residence, in the Forest of Dean, Gloucestershire.-History:Flaxley Abbey was founded in 1148 by Roger Fitzmiles, 2nd Earl of Hereford...

 in 1726 assumed the additional surname of Boevey. The second Baronet was succeeded by his eldest son, the third Baronet. He was High Sheriff
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 of Gloucestershire
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 from 1831 to 1832. His grandson (who succeeded his father), the fifth Baronet, was High Sheriff of Gloucestershire in 1882. George Crawley-Boevey, younger son of the second Baronet, was a Captain
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 in the Royal Navy
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The family surname is pronounced "Crawley-Boovey".

Barrow, later Crawley-Boevey Baronets, of Highgrove (1784)

  • Sir Charles Barrow, 1st Baronet (1708-1789)
  • Sir Thomas Crawley-Boevey, 2nd Baronet (1744-1818) married 1769 Ann Savage, second daughter of Rev Thomas Savage (d. 1760), Rector of Standish by his wife Eleanor, daughter and heir of Thomas Barrow (d.1763), of Field Court..
  • Sir Thomas Crawley-Boevey, 3rd Baronet (1769-1847)
  • Sir Martin Hyde Crawley-Boevey, 4th Baronet (1812-1862)
  • Sir Thomas Hyde Crawley-Boevey, 5th Baronet (1837-1912)
  • Sir Francis Hyde Crawley-Boevey, 6th Baronet (1868-1928)
  • Sir Launcelot Valentine Hyde Crawley-Boevey, 7th Baronet (1900-1968)
  • Sir Thomas Michael Blake Crawley-Boevey, 8th Baronet (b. 1928)
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