Crawley-Boevey baronets

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The Barrow, later Crawley-Boevey Baronetcy (pronounced "Boovey"),^[1] 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,^[2] Member of Parliament for Gloucester, 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 in 1726 assumed the additional surname of Boevey. Flaxley Abbey had been purchased in 1648 by the merchant, lawyer and philosopher James Boevey (1622–1696) and his half-brother William Boevey. The second Baronet was succeeded by his eldest son, the third Baronet. He was High Sheriff of Gloucestershire 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 in the Royal Navy.

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 (died 1760), Rector of Standish by his wife Eleanor, daughter and heir of Thomas Barrow (died 1763), of Field Court.^[3]
• 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 (born 1928)

Additional Facts about the Crawley-Boevey baronets

• The Crawley-Boevey baronets are descendents of William the Conqueror, Ferdinand I of Leon and Castile, Alphonso I of Portugal, Hugh Capet and Charlemagne through Susanna Lloyd; mother of Sir Thomas Crawley-Boevey, 2nd Baronet.^[4]
• Matilda Blanche Crawley-Boevey,^[5] wife of William Gibbs (businessman) of Tyntesfield, daughter of the 3rd baronet and granddaughter of Thomas Hyde Page.
• Arthur William Crawley-Boevey, author, barrister, and Acting Chief Presidency Magistrate of Bombay, was a son of the 4th baronet.
• Sybella Mary Crawley-Boevey, Victorian novelist, was the daughter of the 4th baronet.
• William Crawley-Boevey, a noted mathematician at the University of Leeds,^[6] is the second son of the 8th baronet.

Notes

1. Debrett's Peerage, 1968, p.89
2. The London Gazette: no. 12502. p. 1. 16 December 1783.
3. Eleanor Savage, née Barrow Thomas Barrow was brother of Sir Charles Barrow, 1st Baronet, created 1784 with special remainder to his great-nephew-in-law. Thomas Barrow, maternal grandfather of Ann Savage, was married to Ann, daughter of William Hayward, of Quedgely, Gloucestershire. Eleanor Savage's portrait passed by descent through the Crawley-Boevey baronets, until the sale of portraits in 1960. The portrait passed to another descendant George Gibbs, 2nd Baron Wraxall of Tyntesfield (descendant of a daughter of the third baronet), and was sold again 2002
4. http://geneall.net/en/name/2085055/susanna-lloyd/ Descendants of Susanna Lloyd. Geneall.net
5. "BBC - Your Paintings - Matilda Blanche Crawley-Boevey (1817–1888), Mrs William Gibbs". bbc.co.uk. Retrieved 6 June 2014.
6. William Crawley-Boevey, Univ. of Leeds, retrieved 2015-01-16.

References

• Kidd, Charles, Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990,
• Leigh Rayment's list of baronets
• Lundy, Darryl. "FAQ". The Peerage.