Philip Champion de Crespigny (1 April 1738 – 1 January 1803) was a British lawyer and politician who sat in the
House of Commons between 1774 and 1790.
Early life
Champion de Crespigny was born in London on 1 April 1738.
[Townend, Peter. ''Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Landed Gentry, 18th edition. 3 volumes.'' London, England: Burke's Peerage Ltd, 1965-1972, volume 2, page 148.] He was of
Huguenot descent, the son of
Philip Champion de Crespigny (1704–1765),
proctor
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The title is used in England and some other English-speaking countries in three principal contexts:
* In law, a proctor is a historical class of lawye ...
of the
Admiralty court
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Admiralty courts in the United Kingdom England and Wales
Scotland
The Scottish court's earliest ...
, and his wife Anne Fonnereau, daughter of
Claude Fonnereau of
Christchurch Mansion in
Ipswich,
Suffolk
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. His elder brother Claude was made a
baronet in 1805.
[
Crespigny was likely educated at Eton College in 1748, and was an advocate of Doctors' Commons in 1759.][
]
Career
In 1768, he became King's Proctor
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* In law, a proctor is a historical class of lawye ...
and held the post until 1784.1774
Events
January–March
* January 21 – Mustafa III, List of Ottoman Sultans, Sultan of the Ottoman Empire, dies and is succeeded by his brother Abdul Hamid I.
* January 27
** An angry crowd in Boston, Massachusetts seizes, tars, and f ...
, he was elected as a Member of Parliament for Sudbury Sudbury may refer to:
Places Australia
* Sudbury Reef, Queensland
Canada
* Greater Sudbury, Ontario (official name; the city continues to be known simply as Sudbury for most purposes)
** Sudbury (electoral district), one of the city's federal e ...
on the Fonnereau interest after a contest, but lost his seat on petition. In 1780
Events
January–March
* January 16 – American Revolutionary War – Battle of Cape St. Vincent: British Admiral Sir George Rodney defeats a Spanish fleet.
* February 19 – The legislature of New York votes to allow ...
, he was returned unopposed at Aldeburgh, also on the Fonnereau interest, as well as at Sudbury after a contest. He held both seats until 1781, when he lost Sudbury on petition, and continued to sit for Aldeburgh. The ''English Chronicle
''The English Chronicle'' was a thrice-weekly evening newspaper founded in London in 1779.
History and profile
''The Chronicle'' was founded in 1779 although the founders are not known. In 1781 it was given the supplementary title ''Or, Universal ...
'' wrote in 1781 that “his hauteur is so distinguished, that he is generally characterised ... by the profane, though very applicable appellation, of God Almighty”. He was returned unopposed at Aldeburgh in 1784
Events
January–March
* January 6 – Treaty of Constantinople: The Ottoman Empire agrees to Russia's annexation of the Crimea.
* January 14 – The Congress of the United States ratifies the Treaty of Paris with Great Brit ...
, but did not stand in the 1790
Events
January–March
* January 8 – United States President George Washington gives the first State of the Union address, in New York City.
* January 11 – The 11 minor states of the Austrian Netherlands, which took p ...
election.[ He was a member of the Whig club.]
Personal life
Champion de Crespigny was married four times. His first marriage was on 24 November 1762 to Sarah Cocksedge, daughter of Thomas Cocksedge of Thetford, Norfolk and Lydia Burgess. Before her death, they were the parents of:[Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage, 107th edition, 3 volumes.'' Wilmington, Delaware, U.S.A.: Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd, 2003, volume 3, page 4009.]
* Thomas Champion de Crespigny –1799), MP for Sudbury from 1790 to 1796; he married Augusta Charlotte Thellusson, a daughter of merchant Peter Thellusson
Peter eThellusson (27 June 1735 — 21 July 1797) was a Genevan businessman and banker who settled in London, and became a British subject in 1762. He amassed a fortune through commerce and, when he died in 1797, he owned more than 4,000 acres of ...
and granddaughter of Genevan banker and diplomat Isaac de Thellusson
Isaac de Thellusson (14 October 1690 – 2 September 1755) was a Genevan diplomat and banker.
Early life
Thellusson was born on 14 October 1690 in Geneva into a Huguenot family which had fled France for Geneva in the 16th century. His parents wer ...
.Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian
Lieutenant General Richard Hussey Vivian, 1st Baron Vivian (28 July 177520 August 1842), known as Sir Hussey Vivian from 1815 to 1828 and Sir Hussey Vivian, Bt, from 1828 to 1841, was a British cavalry leader from the Vivian family.
Early car ...
, in 1804.[ After his death, his widow married Sir John Keane, 1st Baronet in 1804.]
References
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1730s births
1803 deaths
British MPs 1774–1780
British MPs 1780–1784
British MPs 1784–1790
Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies