Marquess of Crewe
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. It was created in 1911 for the Liberal
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statesman Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Earl of Crewe
Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe
Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe KG, PC , known as The Lord Houghton from 1885 to 1895 and as The Earl of Crewe from 1895 to 1911, was a British statesman and writer....
. He had already been created Earl of Crewe, of Crewe in the County Palatine of Chester, in 1895 and was made Earl of Madeley, in the County of Stafford, at the same time as he was granted the marquessate. These titles were also in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. Lord Crewe was the only son of the noted Victorian literary person Richard Monckton Milnes
Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton
Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton FRS was an English poet, patron of literature and politician.-Background and education:...
. The latter had been raised to the Peerage of the United Kingdom as Baron Houghton, of Great Houghton in the West Riding of the County of York, in 1863. Lord Houghton married the Honourable Annabella, daughter of John Crewe, 2nd Baron Crewe
John Crewe, 2nd Baron Crewe
John Crewe was an English soldier and peer.He was the son of John Crewe, 1st Baron Crewe, a politician who was created the first Baron Crewe in 1806, and Frances Anne Crewe, the daughter of Fulke Greville, who was a political hostess known for her great beauty...
(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...
). Their son, the second Baron, succeeded to the Crewe estates on the death of his maternal uncle Hungerford Crewe, 3rd Baron Crewe
Hungerford Crewe, 3rd Baron Crewe
Hungerford Crewe, 3rd Baron Crewe FSA, FRS was an English landowner and peer.The son of John Crewe, 2nd Baron Crewe, an army general, and Henrietta Maria Anna Walker-Hungerford, he was educated at Eton College and Christ Church, Oxford...
, in 1894. Lord Crewe's two sons both predeceased him and the titles became extinct on his death in 1945.
Richard Slater Milnes, grandfather of the first Baron, was Member of Parliament
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for the York
City of York (UK Parliament constituency)
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. Robert Pemberton Milnes
Robert Pemberton Milnes
Robert Pemberton Milnes , was a British landowner and politician.Milnes was the son of Richard Slater Milnes, of Fryston Hall, Yorkshire, by Rachael, daughter of Hans Busk...
, father of the first Baron, was Member of Parliament for Pontefract
Pontefract (UK Parliament constituency)
Pontefract was an English parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Pontefract in the West Riding of Yorkshire, which returned two Members of Parliament to the House of Commons briefly in the 13th century and again from 1621 until 1885, and one member from 1885 to 1974.-In the unreformed...
. Lady Celia Hermione, daughter of the first Marquess, married Sir Edward Clive Coates, 2nd Baronet. In 1946 she and her husband assumed by deed poll
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the additional surname of Milnes (see Milnes Coates Baronets
Milnes Coates Baronets
The Coates, later Milnes Coates Baronetcy, of Helperby Hall in Helperby in the North Riding of the County of York, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 29 June 1911 for Edward Coates. He was a member of Coates, Son & Co, stockbrokers, and represented Lewisham in the...
). Richard Milnes, great-great-grandfather of the first Baron, was the uncle of Sir Robert Milnes, 1st Baronet (see Milnes Baronets
Milnes Baronets
The Milnes Baronetcy, of Gauley in the County of Leicester, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 21 March 1801 for the colonial governor Robert Milnes...
).
Barons Houghton (1863)
- Richard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron HoughtonRichard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron HoughtonRichard Monckton Milnes, 1st Baron Houghton FRS was an English poet, patron of literature and politician.-Background and education:...
(1809–1885) - Robert Offley Ashburton Milnes, 2nd Baron HoughtonRobert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of CreweRobert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe KG, PC , known as The Lord Houghton from 1885 to 1895 and as The Earl of Crewe from 1895 to 1911, was a British statesman and writer....
(1858–1945) (created Earl of Crewe in 1895 and Marquess of Crewe in 1911)
Marquesses of Crewe (1911)
- Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of CreweRobert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of CreweRobert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe KG, PC , known as The Lord Houghton from 1885 to 1895 and as The Earl of Crewe from 1895 to 1911, was a British statesman and writer....
(1858–1945)- Hon. Richard Charles Rodes Milnes (1882–1890)
- Richard George Archibald John Lucian Hungerford Crewe-Milnes, Earl of Madeley (1911–1922)