Name Arthur Crawley | ||
Arthur Stafford Crawley MC (18 September 1876 – 8 October 1948) was a Canon of Windsor from 1934 to 1948.
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Family
He was born in 1876, the youngest son of George Baden Crawley (1833-1879) and Eliza Inez Hulbert.
He married Anstice Katherine Gibbs, daughter of Antony and Janet Gibbs of Tyntesfield, Somerset in 1903. They had five children.
Army service
He volunteered as an army chaplain in 1915, and joined the Guards Division in Flanders commanded by his brother-in-law Rudolph Lambart, 10th Earl of Cavan. In 1916 he was awarded the Military Cross following the rescue under fire of wounded soldiers. A bar was later added to the MC.
Career
He was educated at Harrow School and Magdalen College, Oxford. He played cricket for Marylebone Cricket Club. He studied for the priesthood at Cuddesdon Theological College.
Following ordination he received the following appointments.