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Arthur Stafford Crawley

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Arthur Stafford Crawley MC (18 September 1876 – 8 October 1948) was a Canon of Windsor from 1934 to 1948.[1]

Family

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He was born in 1876, the youngest son of George Baden Crawley (1833-1879) and Eliza Inez Hulbert.

He married Anstice Katherine Gibbs, daughter of Antony and Janet Gibbs of Tyntesfield, Somerset in 1903.[2] They had five children.

Army service

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He volunteered as an army chaplain in 1915, and joined the Guards Division in Flanders commanded by his brother-in-law Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan. In 1916 he was awarded the Military Cross following the rescue under fire of wounded soldiers. A bar was later added to the MC.

Career

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He was educated at Harrow School and Magdalen College, Oxford. He played first-class cricket for Marylebone Cricket Club. He studied for the priesthood at Cuddesdon Theological College.

Following ordination he received the following appointments.

Notes

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  1. ^ Fasti Wyndesorienses, May 1950. S. L. Ollard. Published by the Dean and Canons of St George's Chapel, Windsor Castle
  2. ^ Western Daily Press - Wednesday 17 June 1903. Wedding of Miss Anstice Gibbs. p.6
  3. ^ Burke's Peerage and Baronetage, 106th edition. Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 1999.