William Cripps (1 January 1805 – 11 May 1848) was a British

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Early life

Cripps was born 1 January 1805 and baptised at Cirencester on 17 May 1805. He was the eldest son of Joseph Cripps, and, his second wife, Dorothea Harrison. His father served as MP for

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. His brother, Henry William Cripps, QC, was the father of

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, the prominent British surgeon, and politician

Charles Cripps, 1st Baron Parmoor Charles Alfred Cripps, 1st Baron Parmoor, (3 October 1852 – 30 June 1941) was a British politician who crossed the floor from the Conservative to the Labour Party and was a strong supporter of the League of Nations and of Church of England ...

. He matriculated at

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on 25 May 1822, aged seventeen. He received a B.A. in 1826 and M.A. in 1829.

Career

He was admitted to the

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and became a barrister-at-law in 1829. He sat himself for the

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of Cirencester, from

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until his death in 1848. From 1845 until 1846 he held minor office in

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's government as a

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Personal life

On 29 January 1839, Cripps was married to Mary Anne Harrison (1805–1892) at Streatham Church, Surrey. Mary Anne was the eldest daughter Benjamin Harrison of Clapham Common. Together, they were the parents of: * William Frederick Cripps (b. 1840), who was born at

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. *

Wilfred Joseph Cripps Wilfred Joseph Cripps (8 June 1841 – 26 October 1903) was an English antiquarian and a writer on antique silver plate. Early life Cripps was born in London into a wealthy family who profited from the wool trade in the Cotswolds and were promine ...

(1841–1903), who married Maria Harriet Arabella Daniel-Tyssen, sister of

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, in 1870. After her death in 1881, he married Countess Helene von Bismarck-Schierstein, daughter of Count

Friedrich von Bismarck Friedrich August Ludwig, Graf von Bismarck (''from 1862'' von Bismarck-Schierstein) (19 August 1809 – 16 April 1893) was a German lawyer and Member of Parliament. Early life Bismarck was born on 19 August 1809 in Biebrich (Wiesbaden), Biebrich, ...

and granddaughter of Sir

Henry Williams-Wynn Sir Henry Watkin Williams-Wynn KCB GCH (16 March 1783 – 28 March 1856) was a British MP in the early 19th century. From 1824 to 1853, he served as the British Envoy to Denmark. Early life He was the younger son of eight children, six of wh ...

, in 1884. * Catherine Dorothy Cripps (1842–1909) * Edmund William Cripps (1843–1899), who married Ada Radcliffe, a daughter of Lt.Gen. Robert Parker Radcliffe. * Walter Mainwaring Cripps (1844–1900). Cripps died on 11 May 1848 and was buried in St. Catherine's Chapel within Cirencester Chrch on 18 May 1848. His will, dated 31 July 1840, was proved 30 August 1848.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Cripps, William 1805 births 1848 deaths Conservative Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1847–1852