File:Portrait of John Crewe of Crewe Hall (1681-1749) by Sir Godfrey Kneller.jpg
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DescriptionPortrait of John Crewe of Crewe Hall (1681-1749) by Sir Godfrey Kneller.jpg |
English: Sir Godfrey Kneller
Portrait of John Crewe of Crewe Hall (1681-1749) signed with monogram l.l.; GK and inscribed on label, verso; John Crewe/ by/ Sir G. Kneller oil on canvas three-quarter length, standing, wearing a green velvet jacket with red silk shawl, a landscape beyond The sitter was the eldest son of John Offley of Madeley and his wife Anne, daughter and heiress of John Crewe of Crewe Hall, Cheshire. In 1707 he married Sarah, daughter of Morgan Price of Nantgwared, Breconshire and in 1709 changed his name to Crewe. An active Tory M.P., he owned considerable estates, having inherited Madeley from his father in 1688, Crewe Hall from his mother and Tattenhall from his great uncle Sir John Crewe of Utkinton. He sat for Newcastle-under-Lyne in Parliament between 1703 and 1705, and twice for Cheshire from 1705 to 1710, and 1722 to 1727. By his death he had amassed a considerable fortune, leaving estates with an annual revenue of £15,000. |
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18th century date QS:P,+1750-00-00T00:00:00Z/7 |
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