Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 2nd Baron Houghton and 1st Earl of Crewe, later 2nd baron Houghton and 1st & last Earl of Madeley and Marquess of Crewe (1858-1945), when Lord President of the Council (1905-08).

CREWE, RT. HON. EARL OF
Neg. No: (GP) 4161
Neg. Size: 12"x10"
Neg. Date: 11-12-1907

Sitter: Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 2nd Baron Houghton and 1st Earl of Crewe, later 2nd baron Houghton and 1st & last Earl of Madeley and Marquess of Crewe (1858-1945), when Lord President of the Council (1905-08).

Biog: Statesman, diplomat and author;⁽¹⁾ s. father as 2nd Baron Houghton (1863); Earl of Crewe (cr. 1895); Earl of Madeley and Marguess of Crewe (cr. 1911).

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Robert_Crewe-Milnes,_1st_Marquess_of_Crewe

Date: 11 December 1907.

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Descr: FL seated, with a newspaper.

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Provenance: Pinewood Studios; acquired 1989.

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Biog: Dictionary of National Biography; Burke's Peerage; Who's Who; James Pope-Hennessy, Lord Crewe, London, 1955.

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1. He published a volume Stray Verse, 1889-90 (1891), and in 1915 wrote the poem "A Harrow Grave in Flanders" which finds a place in several anthologies. He was the author of the biography of Lord Rosebery, his father-in-law, which appeared in 1931.