Crawley of Queen’s Crawley

           AmongthemostrespectedofthenamesbeginninginCwhichtheCourt-Guidecontained,intheyear18—wasthatofCrawley,SirPitt,Baronet,GreatGauntStreet,andQueen’sCrawley,Hants.ThishonourablenamehadfiguredconstantlyalsointheParliamentarylistformanyyears,inconjunctionwiththatofanumberofotherworthygentlemenwhosatinturnsfortheborough.

           Itisrelated,withregardtotheboroughofQueen’sCrawley,thatQueenElizabethinoneofherprogresses,stoppingatCrawleytobreakfast,wassodelightedwithsomeremarkablyfineHampshirebeerwhichwasthenpresentedtoherbytheCrawleyoftheday(ahandsomegentlemanwithatrimbeardandagoodleg),thatsheforthwitherectedCrawleyintoaboroughtosendtwomemberstoParliament;andtheplace,fromthedayofthatillustriousvisit,tookthenameofQueen’sCrawley,whichitholdsuptothepresentmoment.Andthough,bythelapseoftime,andthosemutationswhichageproducesinempires,cities,andboroughs,Queen’sCrawleywasnolongersopopulousaplaceasithadbeeninQueenBess’stime—nay,wascomedowntothatconditionofboroughwhichusedtobedenominatedrotten—yet,asSirPittCrawleywouldsaywithperfectjusticeinhiselegantway,"Rotten!behanged—itproducesmeagoodfifteenhundredayear."

           SirPittCrawley(namedafterthegreatCommoner)wasthesonofWalpoleCrawley,firstBaronet,oftheTapeandSealing-WaxOfficeinthereignofGeorgeII.

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