Sir Robert Crane, 1st Baronet (1586 – February 1643) of

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and of

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, Norfolk, was an English politician who sat in the

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variously between 1614 and 1643. Crane was the son of Henry Crane of Chilton and educated in the law at the

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and

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.John Burke, John Bernard Burke ''A genealogical and heraldic history of the extinct and dormant baronetcies''
/ref> In 1614 Crane was elected

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for Sudbury and held the seat until 1620. He was elected MP for

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in 1621 and re-elected MP for Sudbury in 1624 and 1625. He was created a Baronet of Chilton, in Suffolk on 21 April 1626. Crane was re-elected MP for Suffolk in 1626 and re-elected MP for Sudbury in 1628. He sat until 1629 when King Charles decided to rule without parliament for eleven years. In 1632–33 Crane was

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. In April 1640, Crane was elected MP for Sudbury in the

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and in November 1640 for the

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. He held the seat until his death in February 1643. The baronetcy became extinct on Crane's death as he had no sons. He had married firstly Dorothy Hobart, daughter of

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Lord Chief Justice of the Court of Common Pleas, by whom he had no issue. He married secondly, Susan Alington, ?granddaughter of Sir Giles Alington of Horsebeath. They had four daughters - Mary who married

Sir Ralph Hare, 1st Baronet Sir Ralph Hare, 1st Baronet (24 March 1623 – 28 February 1672) of Stow Bardolph, Norfolk was an English politician who sat in the House of Commons variously between 1654 and 1672. Hare was the son of Sir John Hare and his wife Elizabeth Co ...

, Anne who married firstly Sir William Airmine, 2nd Baronet and secondly John Lord Belasyse, Susan who married Sir Edward Walpole, and Katherine who married Edmund Bacon, nephew of

Sir Robert Bacon, 3rd Baronet Sir Robert Bacon, 3rd Baronet of Redgrave (1574–1655) was an English politician. Life He was born on 4 May 1574 at Redgrave Manor, Suffolk, the fifth son of Sir Nicholas Bacon, 1st Baronet and his wife Anne Butts, daughter of Edmund Butts. H ...

. After Crane's death, Lady Crane married secondly, Isaac Appleton, esq. of Waldingfeld.

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