Philip Champion de Crespigny (1 April 1704 – 11 February 1765), was

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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.''

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descent, he was a son of Thomas Champion de Crespigny (1664–1712), an officer in the English Army, and Madeleine ( Granger) Champion de Crespigny. His younger brother, Claude Champion de Crespigny worked for the office of the

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and was a director of the French Hospital. His maternal grandparents were Israel Granger and Marie ( Billon) Granger. His paternal grandfather, Claude Champion de Crespigny, settled in

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after the revocation of the

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Career

Champion de Crespigny served as

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Personal life

On 5 February 1731 Champion de Crespigny was married to fellow Huguenot Anne Fonnereau in London. Anne was a daughter of Elizabeth ( Bureau) Fonnereau and Claude Fonnereau of

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, a French Huguenot refugee who settled in England and became a prominent merchant. Together, they were the parents of: * Sir Claude Champion de Crespigny, 1st Baronet (1734–1818), who married Mary Clarke, daughter of Joseph Clarke, in 1764. * Susan Champion de Crespigny (1735–1766), who married

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and Judith Tichborne (widow of

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), in 1765. She died a year later. * Philip Champion de Crespigny (1738–1803), who married four times. After his death, his widow married Sir John Keane, 1st Baronet in 1804. Champion de Crespigny died in Camberwell, Surrey on 11 February 1765.

Descendants

Through his son Claude, he was a grandfather of Sir William Champion de Crespigny, 2nd Baronet, MP for

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who married Lady Sarah Windsor, a daughter of

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. Through his son Philip, he was a grandfather of Thomas Champion de Crespigny, MP for

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who married Augusta Charlotte Thellusson, a daughter of merchant Peter Thellusson and granddaughter of Genevan banker and diplomat Isaac de Thellusson.

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