Harriet Crawley (born 1948) is a British author, journalist, television presenter and art dealer. [1]
She is daughter of British politician Aidan Crawley and American war correspondent Virginia Cowles. [2] In 1987 she had a son, Spencer Henry Crawley. Later she married Gleb Shestakov in 1993 and then Julian Ayer around 2001.
Crawley unsuccessfully fought the Brent East Constituency in the 1987 general election running as a Tory, she lost to Labour veteran Ken Livingstone.
Crawley is a fluent speaker of Russian, [3] French, German and Italian, as well as English. [2]
Diane Julie Abbott is a British politician and a Member of Parliament (MP) for Hackney North and Stoke Newington since first being elected in 1987. She served in the Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn as Shadow Home Secretary from 2016 to 2020 and is an advisor to the Privy Council. She was the first black woman elected to parliament and is the longest-serving black MP.
Crawley is a town and borough in West Sussex, England. It is 28 miles (45 km) south of London, 18 miles (29 km) north of Brighton and Hove, and 32 miles (51 km) north-east of the county town of Chichester. Crawley covers an area of 17.36 square miles (44.96 km2) and had a population of 106,597 at the time of the 2011 Census.
Dame Penelope Alice Wilton, Lady Holm is an English actress.
Samantha Karen Fox is an English pop singer and former glamour model from Crouch End in North London. She has also appeared on reality television shows, and has occasionally worked as a television presenter.
Harriet Ruth Harman is a British politician and solicitor who was a Member of Parliament (MP) for over 40 years, from 1982 to 2024, making her one of the longest-serving MPs in British history. Harman latterly was MP for Camberwell and Peckham from 1997 to 2024, and previously was MP for Peckham from 1982 to 1997. A member of the Labour Party, she served in various Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet positions. In the 2024 Dissolution Honours, she was nominated for a life peerage.
Crawley is a constituency in West Sussex represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament since
Horsham is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the UK Parliament, centred on the eponymous town in West Sussex, its former rural district and part of another rural district. Its Member of Parliament (MP) was Francis Maude between 1997 and 2015; followed by Jeremy Quin, both of the Conservative Party, until 2024 when the seat was won from the Conservative MP Quin by John Milne of the Liberal Democrats, making it the first time since 1876 that a non-Conservative Party candidate won the seat.
Harriet Morris "Holly" Metcalf is a six-time USA national/ Olympic team member in women's rowing, who won a gold medal in rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics for the women's eight.
Dame Harriet Mary Walter is a British actress. She has performed on stage with the Royal Shakespeare Company, and received an Olivier Award, and nominations for a Tony Award, five Emmy Awards, and a Screen Actors Guild Award. In 2011, Walter was appointed Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) for services to drama.
Aidan Merivale Crawley was a British journalist, television executive and editor, and politician. He was a member of both of Britain's major political parties: the Labour Party and Conservative Party, and was elected to the House of Commons as a Labour MP from 1945 to 1951, and as a Conservative MP from 1962 to 1967.
Dame Caroline Harriet Haslett DBE, JP was an English electrical engineer, electricity industry administrator and champion of women's rights.
Marita Georgina Knight is a British songwriter and author.
Henry Edward Millar Smith is an English Conservative Party politician. He was Leader of West Sussex County Council from 2003 to 2010. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Crawley until 2024, having been first elected in the 2010 general election.
Jonathan Romesh Ranganathan is a British comedian, presenter, and actor. His style of comedy is deadpan and often self-deprecating.
Angela Crawley is a Scottish National Party politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lanark and Hamilton East from 2015 to 2024. Crawley served as the SNP Shadow Attorney General from 2021 to 2022. She was previously the SNP spokesperson for Women and Equalities and a member of the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee.
Harriet Dart is a British professional tennis player.
Cynthia Erivo is an English actress and singer. She gained recognition for starring in the Broadway revival of The Color Purple from 2015 to 2017, for which she won the 2016 Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical and the Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album. Erivo ventured into films in 2018, playing roles in the heist film Widows and the thriller Bad Times at the El Royale. For her portrayal of American abolitionist Harriet Tubman in the biopic Harriet (2019), Erivo received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Actress; she also wrote and performed the song "Stand Up" on its soundtrack, which garnered her a nomination in the Best Original Song category.
Harriet Kemsley is an English stand-up comedian.
Harriet "Hattie" Alexandra Emily Taylor is a British rower.
Verity Crawley is an English professional bowler who competes on the Professional Women's Bowling Association (PWBA) Tour in the United States. In 2012 Crawley moved from England to Babson Park, Florida to join the bowling program at Webber International University. In 2017, she began competing professionally on the PWBA Tour.