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Crawley of Queen’s Crawley

           ,whenhewasimpeachedforpeculation,aswereagreatnumberofotherhonestgentlemenofthosedays;andWalpoleCrawleywas,asneedscarcelybesaid,sonofJohnChurchillCrawley,namedafterthecelebratedmilitarycommanderofthereignofQueenAnne.Thefamilytree(whichhangsupatQueen’sCrawley)furthermorementionsCharlesStuart,afterwardscalledBarebonesCrawley,sonoftheCrawleyofJamestheFirst’stime;andfinally,QueenElizabeth’sCrawley,whoisrepresentedastheforegroundofthepictureinhisforkedbeardandarmour.Outofhiswaistcoat,asusual,growsatree,onthemainbranchesofwhichtheaboveillustriousnamesareinscribed.ClosebythenameofSirPittCrawley,Baronet(thesubjectofthepresentmemoir),arewrittenthatofhisbrother,theReverendButeCrawley(thegreatCommonerwasindisgracewhenthereverendgentlemanwasborn),rectorofCrawley-cum-Snailby,andofvariousothermaleandfemalemembersoftheCrawleyfamily.

           SirPittwasfirstmarriedtoGrizzel,sixthdaughterofMungoBinkie,LordBinkie,andcousin,inconsequence,ofMr.Dundas.Shebroughthimtwosons:Pitt,namednotsomuchafterhisfatherasaftertheheaven-bornminister;andRawdonCrawley,fromthePrinceofWales’sfriend,whomhisMajestyGeorgeIVforgotsocompletely.Manyyearsafterherladyship’sdemise,SirPittledtothealtarRosa,daughterofMr.G.Dawson,ofMudbury,bywhomhehadtwodaughters,forwhosebenefitMissRebeccaSharpwasnowengagedasgoverness.

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