Harpur Baronets

The Harpur Baronets (1626)

The Baronetcy of Harpur of Calke Abbey was created in the Baronetage of England on 8th September 1626 for Henry Harpur of Calke Abbey, Derbyshire. He was a grandson of Richard Harpur, Justice of the Common Pleas, of Swarkestone Hall. (Richard Harpur died in 1573.)

The 4th Baronet married Catherine Crewe, daughter of Thomas, 2nd Lord Crewe and in 1808 the 7th Baronet changed his name to Harpur Crewe in commemoration of his ancestry. The name was later changed again to Harpur-Crewe.

The Baronetcy was extinct on the death of the 10th Baronet in 1924. The Derbyshire estate passed down on the female line and in 1949 was inherited by Charles Jenny. (grandson of the last Baronet) who changed his name to Harpur-Crewe. Inheritance Tax problems enforced the sale of the estate on his death in 1981 and in 1985 Calke Abbey passed to the National Trust.

Baronet	Names	Surname	Lifespan	Comments
1st	Sir Henry	Harpur	1585 -1638
2nd	Sir John	Harpur	1616 -1669	A minor when he inherited the title/estate. High Sheriff of Derbyshire 1702. Married Catherine Crewe.
3rd	Sir John	Harpur	1645 - 1681	Only 36 when he died
4th	Sir John	Harpur
5th	Sir Henry	Harpur	1708 -1748	MP for Worcester 1744/6 & Tamworth in 1747
6th	Sir Henry	Harpur	1739 - 1789	“Harry” described as a “kind soul and good sportsman” was a bluff, open-handed gentleman but he suffered badly from gout
7th	Sir Henry	Harpur Crewe	1763 - 1819	The ‘Isolated Baronet’ married Nanny Hawkins (a lady’s maid)!!
8th	Sir George	Crewe	1795 -1844	See his journal - www.hollinsclough.org.uk/journal.htm
9th	Sir John	Harpur Crewe	1824 -1886
10th	Sir Vauncey	Harpur-Crewe	1846 - 1924	Baronetcy became extinct on his death.

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