Thomas Crew, 2nd Baron Crew

Jemima Waldegrave, Thomas Crew's mother

Crew was the son of John Crew, 1st Baron Crew and his wife Jemima Waldegrave, daughter of Edward Waldegrave of Lawford Hall, Essex. He was a student of Gray's Inn in 1641 and was studying in Padua in 1647.[1]

In 1656, Crew was elected Member of Parliament for Northamptonshire in the Second Protectorate Parliament. He was elected MP for Brackley in 1659 for the Third Protectorate Parliament.[1]

In 1660, Crew was elected MP for Brackley in the Convention Parliament. He was re-elected MP for Brackley for the Cavalier Parliament in 1661.[1] In 1679 he inherited the barony on the death of his father.

Crew died at the age of 73. As he had no male issue, his fortune was devolved upon his daughters as co-heiresses, while the barony passed to his brother, Rev. Nathaniel Crew.[2]

Crew married firstly Mary Townshend, the eldest daughter of Sir Roger Townshend, 1st Baronet of Raynham, Norfolk, by whom he had surviving issue:[2]

• Anne Crew (d. bef 1696), married to John Jolliff Esq., of Coston.[2]
• Temperance Crew (d. 18 October 1728), married firstly to Rowland, son and heir of Sir Alston Bart of Odell and secondly to Sir John Wolstenholme, 3rd Baronet of Enfield.[2]

Crew married secondly in 1674, Anne, daughter and co-heiress of Sir William Airmine, 2nd Baronet. By her, he had four daughters:[2]

• Jemima Crew (d. 2 July 1728), married to Henry Grey, 1st Duke of Kent.[2]
• Airmine Crew (d. 1728), married to Thomas Cartwright, Esq.[2]
• Catherine Crew, married to Sir John Harpur, 4th Baronet of Caulk. Their great-grandson Sir Henry Harpur, 7th Baronet, assumed by royal permission the surname of Crew only. His descendants would eventually settle upon the surname of Harpur-Crewe.[2]
• Elizabeth Crew (d. 21 May 1756), married on 18 September 1721, to Charles Butler, 1st Earl of Arran. The marriage was childless.[2]