| 词条 | Champion de Crespigny baronets |
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The Champion de Crespigny Baronetcy, of Champion Lodge, Camberwell, in the County of Surrey, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created on 31 October 1805 for Claude Champion de Crespigny. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Southampton. The fourth Baronet was a well-known military adventurer and sportsman. He was eccentric enough to bribe hangman James Berry into accepting him as assistant executioner on the occasion of a triple hanging in Carlisle on 8 February 1886.[2] The title became extinct on the death of the eighth Baronet in 1952. Claude Champion de Crespigny (1873 – 18 May 1910), son of the fourth Baronet, was a soldier and polo player. The Champion de Crespigny family originated from Normandy, France. Thomas Champion de Crespigny (d. 1712) settled in England and served in the British Army. Crespigny House in Aldeburgh is a mansion built for Sir Claude de Crespigny (first Baronet) in 1775. His brother Philip Champion de Crespigny (1738-1803) was MP for Aldeburgh 1780-1790. Champion de Crespigny baronets, of Champion Lodge (1805)
References1. ^{{London Gazette |issue=15848 |date=1 October 1805 |page=1245}} 2. ^Stewart P. Evans, Executioner. The Chronicles of James Berry, Victorian Hangman, 2004, p. 93
1 : Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom |
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