Calke Abbey is a Grade I listed country house near Ticknall, Derbyshire, England, in the care of the charitable National Trust.
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Henry Harpur-Crewe (1828–1883) was an English clergyman and naturalist. From 1856 to 1860 he was the Curate of Drinkstone and Creeting St Peter, both in Suffolk, but in 1860 he was appointed Rector of Drayton Beauchamp, a living he occupied until his death in 1883.
Ticknall is a small village and civil parish in South Derbyshire, England. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 Census was 642. Situated on the A514 road, close to Melbourne, it has three pubs, several small businesses, and a primary school. Two hundred years ago it was considerably larger and noisier with lime quarries, tramways and potteries. Coal was also dug close to the village. Close to the village is Calke Abbey, now a National Trust property. The village is also home to Ticknall Cricket Club
Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe, 10th Baronet was a British baronet known for his eccentricity and his natural history collections which he maintained at his home in the 1000 acre estate of Calke Abbey. He was named after an ancestor Sir Edmund Vauncey.
This is a list of Sheriffs of Derbyshire from 1567 until 1974 and High Sheriffs since.
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The Harpur Baronetcy, of Calke Abbey, Derbyshire was a title in the Baronetage of England. It was created on 8 September 1626 for Henry Harpur. He was a grandson of Richard Harpur, Justice of the Common Pleas, of Swarkestone Hall, Swarkestone, Derbyshire. The fourth Baronet was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1702. He married Catherine, daughter of Thomas Crewe, 2nd Baron Crew. The fifth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Worcester and Tamworth. The sixth Baronet was Member of Parliament for Derbyshire. The seventh Baronet assumed the alternative surname of Crewe in 1808 in commemoration of his ancestry. The eighth Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Derbyshire South. The ninth Baronet assumed the surname Harpur Crewe and was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1853. The tenth Baronet was High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1900. The title became extinct on his death in 1924.
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Sir George Crewe, 8th Baronet was an English Tory politician who represented the constituency of South Derbyshire.
Sir Henry Harpur, 6th Baronet was an English Tory politician who represented the constituency of Derbyshire.
Sir John Harpur Crewe, 9th Baronet (1824–1886) was a British baronet. He served as a High Sheriff of Derbyshire in 1853.
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Thomas Crew, 2nd Baron Crew of Steane, Northamptonshire 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.
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Crewe or Crew is a surname of Old Welsh origin.
Sir Henry Crewe, 7th Baronet, born Henry Harpur, was the only son of Sir Henry Harpur, 6th Baronet, and Frances Greville, the second daughter of Francis Greville, 1st Earl of Warwick. He was born in 1763 and took his place as the owner of the estate when his father died in 1789.
Sir Henry Harpur, 5th Baronet was an English baronet and politician.
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