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Covey-Crump is an
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, double-barrelled
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. The name was created when Rev. Walter William Crump (1865–1949) took on the surname of his friend Rev. Richard Covey (1833–1903) in 1903. He formalised the change of his surname to "Covey-Crump" by
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in the same year, just before he married. His three sons were registered with the surname "Covey-Crump".


People

The name may refer to the following: *
A.T.L. Covey-Crump Commander Alwyn Thomas Lavender Covey-Crump (19 February 1907 – 19 May 1991) was a British officer of the Royal Navy. An assistant to the Chief of Naval Information, he was responsible in the mid-1950s for compiling a record of Jack-speak (n ...
(1907–1991),
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of the
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and creator in 1955 of the Naval slang compendium ''Covey-Crump''. *
Rogers Covey-Crump Rogers Henry Lewis Covey-Crump (born 1944) is an English tenor noted for his performances in both early music and contemporary classical music. He has sometimes been identified as an ''haute-contre'' tenor. He has performed for over 50 years i ...
(born 1944), British
tenor A tenor is a type of classical music, classical male singing human voice, voice whose vocal range lies between the countertenor and baritone voice types. It is the highest male chest voice type. The tenor's vocal range extends up to C5. The lo ...
specialising in
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. * Walter William Covey-Crump (1865–1949) Anglican
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,
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, and writer.


Naval slang or "jackspeak" compendium (1955)

* ''Covey-Crump'', a compendium of Naval slang published within the Royal Navy in 1955. It is mentioned in
A.T.L. Covey-Crump Commander Alwyn Thomas Lavender Covey-Crump (19 February 1907 – 19 May 1991) was a British officer of the Royal Navy. An assistant to the Chief of Naval Information, he was responsible in the mid-1950s for compiling a record of Jack-speak (n ...
, Royal Navy#"Jackspeak" and
Customs and traditions of the Royal Navy There are many customs and traditions associated with the Royal Navy of the United Kingdom. Many of these traditions have carried on to other Commonwealth navies, such as Canada, India, Australia and New Zealand. These include formal customs su ...
.


See also

*
Crump (surname) Crump is a medieval English, Danish, Irish, French surname, meaning crippled man. Crump is an ancient surname of noble Anglo-Norman origin. The name is a derivative of "Crompton", a name given for a medieval town near Shaw, England, for its "crum ...
* Covey (surname)


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