Sir Charles Crisp, 5th Baronet, or Crispe (–1740), of Dornford, Oxfordshire was an English landowner and politician, who sat in the House of Commons from 1721 to 1722.

Early life

Crisp was the second son of Sir Nicholas Crisp, 2nd Baronet, of Hammersmith and Squerryes, Westerham, Kent, and his wife Judith Adrian. daughter of John Adrian, merchant.of London. He married, on 21 April 1714, Anne Crispe, daughter of Thomas Crispe of Dornford,

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, a first cousin once removed on his father's side. His father in law died in 1714 and his wife in 1718, so he gained possession of the estate at Dornford. In 1715 he became

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Career

Crisp was elected Member of Parliament for

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at a by-election on, 27 October 1721, with the backing of the Duchess of Marlborough. However he lost the seat, at the 1722 general election, to

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whom he had defeated a year earlier. Crisp became a baronet on 1 June 1730, when his nephew Sir Nicholas Crispe, 4th Baronet died.

Death and legacy

Crisp died without issue on 9 July 1740 and the baronetcy became extinct. His estate, including Dornford, passed to female relations, among them Mary Crispe, daughter of Sir John Crispe, 3rd Baronet. She had married George Stonehouse, in 1739.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Crisp, Charles, 5th Baronet 1680 births 1740 deaths 18th-century English people Members of the Parliament of Great Britain for English constituencies British MPs 1715–1722 High Sheriffs of Oxfordshire Baronets in the Baronetage of England