Crawley Family

**The Crawley Family** are a wealthy aristocratic family who live in and hold rights to the Downton Estate (which they have held since at least 1772, when the 1st Earl of Grantham was raised to the earldom). The subsidiary title of the Earl of Grantham is **Viscount Downton**.

As of 1932, there have been seven former Earls of Grantham, with Alexander Crawley being the eighth and current Earl of Grantham.

## Familial Relations

The Crawleys are related to the Levinson Family through Robert Crawley's marriage to Cora Levinson, and to both the Painswick and Mellark families through Rosamund Crawley's marriage to Marmaduke Painswick in 1888 and partnership to Delilah Mellark in 1892. They are also distantly related to the **MacClare family**, whose patriarch is Hugh MacClare, Marquess of Flintshire. His wife Susan is Violet's maternal niece and first cousin to Robert and Rosamund.

They are also related to the working-class **Branson family** through Sybil's marriage to Tom Branson. Through Mary's second marriage to Henry Talbot, they are related to the **Talbot family**, whose patriarch is the Earl of Shrewsbury. And also through Edith's marriage to Herbert Pelham, the 7th Marquess of Hexham, they are related to the upper-class **Pelham family**. Alex's marriage to Josephine Lewis made them related to another working-class clan, the Lewis Family. They are also related to the **Grey family** through Isobel's marriage to Lord Merton.

## Present Family

##### Patrick Crawley and his descendants (by year of birth)

1. Patrick Crawley, 6th Earl of Grantham (1833-1900), 1st generation
2. Lady Rosamund Painswick (b. 1863), 2nd generation, daughter of Patrick Crawley
3. Robert Crawley, 7th Earl of Grantham (1865-1932), 2nd generation, son of Patrick Crawley
4. Lady Mary Crawley (b. 1891), 3rd generation, granddaughter of Patrick Crawley
5. Edith Pelham, Marchioness of Hexham (b. 1892), 3rd generation, granddaughter of Patrick Crawley
6. Lady Sybil Branson (1895-1920), 3rd generation, granddaughter of Patrick Crawley
7. Alexander Crawley, 8th Earl of Grantham (b. 1914), 3rd generation, grandson of Patrick Crawley
8. Miss Sybbie Branson (b. 1920), 4th generation, great-granddaughter of Patrick Crawley
9. Master George Crawley (b. 1921), 4th generation, great-grandson of Patrick Crawley
10. Miss Marigold Pelham (b. 1922), 4th generation, great-granddaughter of Patrick Crawley
11. Miss Caroline Talbot (b. 1926), 4th generation, great-granddaughter of Patrick Crawley
12. Peter Pelham, Earl of Brancaster (b. 1928). 4th generation, great-grandson of Patrick Crawley
13. Lord Theodore Pelham (b. 1931), 4th generation, great-grandson of Patrick Crawley
14. Arthur Crawley, Viscount Downton (b. 1935), 4th generation, great-grandson of Patrick Crawley
15. Lord Benedict Crawley (b. 1936), 4th generation, great-grandson of Patrick Crawley
16. Lord Christopher Crawley (b. 1938), 4th generation, great-grandson of Patrick Crawley
17. Lady Diana Crawley (b. 1940), 4th generation, great-granddaughter of Patrick Crawley
18. Lord Edmund Crawley (b. 1940), 4th generation, great-grandson of Patrick Crawley

##### Other Crawley descendants, but not of Patrick Crawley (by year of birth)

1. Mr. Reginald Crawley (1853-1910), great, great-grandson of the 2nd child of the 3rd Earl of Grantham
2. Maud, Baroness Bagshaw (b. 1856), daughter of the 2nd son of the 4th Earl of Grantham
3. Mr. Matthew Crawley (1885-1921), 3x great-grandson of the 2nd child of the 3rd Earl of Grantham
4. Miss Lucy Branson (b. 1893), granddaughter of the 2nd son of the 4th Earl of Grantham
5. Miss Violet Maud Branson (b. 1929), great-granddaughter of the 2nd son of the 4th Earl of Grantham
6. Master Aidan Robert Branson (b. 1933), great-grandson of the 2nd son of the 4th Earl of Grantham

##### Spouse(s) of Patrick Crawley and his descendants (by year of birth)

1. Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham (1842-1928), wife of Patrick Crawley
2. Mr. Marmaduke Painswick (1858-1902), husband of Rosamund Painswick
3. Miss Delilah Mellark (b. 1863), wife of Rosamund Painswick
4. Cora Crawley, Countess of Grantham (1868-1932), wife of Robert Crawley
5. Mr. Matthew Crawley (1885-1921), 1st husband of Mary Crawley
6. Mr. Tom Branson (b. 1885), husband of Sybil Branson
7. Mr. Henry Talbot (b. 1887), 2nd husband of Mary Crawley
8. Herbert Pelham, Marquess of Hexham (b. 1891), husband of Edith Pelham
9. Josephine Crawley, Countess of Grantham (b. 1914), wife of Alexander Crawley

##### Honorary Members

As the Crawleys had made connections and allies along the way, only a few them became honorary members—key individuals that are included in the closest circle of the family:

* Richard, Baron Merton (old family friend)

* Édouard, Marquis de Montmirail (Robert's close friend)

* Lord Alfred McGregor (Alex's close friend, member of The Fellowship)

* Richard, 5th Earl of Halsbury (Alex's close friend, member of The Fellowship)

* Diana, Dowager Countess of Halsbury (Jo's childhood friend, member of The Fellowship)

* Hon. Vincent Kingston (Alex's close friend, member of The Fellowship)

* Monsieur Nicolai de Montmirail (Alex and Jo's close friend, member of The Fellowship)

* Mr. Damian Harrison (Jo's former fiancé/friend, member of The Fellowship)

## Origin and Etymology

* **Crawley** is a large town and borough in West Sussex in Southern England.
	+ This thus implies that the family originally was Sussex gentry or nobility and one of its sons moved north to Yorkshire upon being named Viscount of Downton (and subsequently Earl of Grantham).