Benedict Crawley

## The HonourableBenedict Crawley

Lord Benedict
 Master Benedict
 Benedict
 Benny (by his siblings)

 Mr. John Lewis (maternal grandfather)
Lady Jacqueline Lewis † (maternal grandmother)
 Lady Mary Crawley (paternal aunt)
 Edith Pelham, Marchioness of Hexham (paternal aunt)
 Lady Sybil Branson † (paternal aunt)
 Mr. James Lewis (maternal uncle)
 Mr. Jacob Lewis (maternal uncle)
 Mr. Matthew Crawley † (paternal martial uncle)
 Herbert Pelham, Marquess of Hexham (paternal martial uncle)
 Mr. Tom Branson (paternal martial uncle)
 Lady Augusta Lewis (maternal martial aunt/godmother)
 Hon. Brianna Lewis (maternal martial aunt)
 Miss Sybbie Branson (paternal first cousin)
 Mr. George Crawley (paternal first cousin)
 Miss Marigold Pelham (paternal first cousin)
 Miss Caroline Talbot (paternal first cousin)
 Peter Pelham, Earl of Brancaster (paternal first cousin)
 Lord Theodore Pelham (paternal first cousin)
 Master William Lewis (maternal first cousin)
 Master Archie Lewis (maternal first cousin)
 Miss Margaret Lewis (maternal first cousin)
 Master Colin Lewis (maternal first cousin)
 Master Robert Lewis (maternal first cousin)
 Lady Rosamund Painswick (paternal grandaunt)
 Mr. Marmaduke Painswick † (paternal marital granduncle)
 Miss Delilah Mellark (paternal martial grandaunt)
 Mr. Harold Levinson (paternal granduncle)
Archibald, 9th Duke of Argyll (maternal granduncle)
 Lord Ian Campbell (maternal granduncle)
 George Campbell, Marquess of Lorne (maternal first cousin once-removed)
 Lord Charles Campbell (maternal first cousin once-removed)
 Lord Colin Campbell (maternal first cousin once-removed)
 Lord Douglas Campbell (maternal granduncle)
Lord Ian Torquhil Campbell (maternal first cousin once-removed)
Lord George Granville Campbell (maternal first cousin once-removed)
Lord Duncan Campbell (maternal first cousin once-removed)
 Mrs. Martha Levinson † (paternal great-grandmother)
Mr. Isidore Levinson † (paternal great-grandfather)
 Violet Crawley, Dowager Countess of Grantham † (paternal great-grandmother)
Patrick Crawley, 6th Earl of Grantham † (paternal great-grandfather)
 Grace, Duchess of Argyll † (maternal great-grandmother)
 George, 8th Duke of Argyll † (maternal great-grandfather)
 Mr. William Lewis † (maternal great-grandfather)
 Mrs. Louisa Lewis † (maternal great-grandmother)
 Hon. Victoria Rachel Cora Aldridge (paternal third cousin)
 Hon. Hugh Daniel Atticus Aldridge (paternal third cousin)
 Hon. Robert Alexander David Aldridge (paternal third cousin)

## Coat of Arms

Arms of Lord Benedict Crawley (1936-)

**Lord Benedict Crawley** (b. 4 July, 1936) is the second child and son of Alexander and Josephine Crawley. He is the fifth grandson of Robert & Cora Crawley, and the fourth grandson of John & Jacqueline Lewis. He is also the great-grandson of Isidore & Martha Levinson, Patrick & Violet Crawley, Grace & George Campbell, and William & Louisa Lewis.

He is a member of the Crawley, Lewis, and Campbell families by birth.

Benedict has five aunts: Lady Mary Crawley, Lady Edith Pelham, the late Lady Sybil Branson, Lady Augusta Lewis, and Hon. Brianna Lewis; and five uncles: James Lewis, Jacob Lewis, the late Matthew Crawley, Tom Branson, and Herbert Pelham.

## Biography

Benedict was born in Downton Abbey in the afternoon of the 4 July, 1936—a birthday that he shares with his late paternal grandfather. He is the third Crawley grandchild born in the family's estate.

He was christened in a private service at St. Michael and All Angels Church on the 22nd of October, 1936 by the Archbishop of Canterbury. His godparents included: Jacob Lewis, Richard Gifford, Thomas Barrow, Augusta Lewis, Rosamund Painswick, and Edith Pelham.

Benedict is currently second-in-line to the Earldom, after his older brother.

## Name Etymology

* **Benedict** is a male name of Latin origin, meaning *"blessed"*.
	+ He shares a name with Jacob Lewis, his maternal uncle and godfather.

* **Thomas** is a male name Aramaic origin, meaning *"twin"*.
	+ He was named after Thomas Barrow, former butler of Downton and his godfather.