Patrick Crawley

## The Right Honourable6th Earl of Grantham

 Viscount Downton (formerly)
 Lord Grantham
 His Lordship
 Your Lordship
 My Lord
 Milord
 Papa
 Grandpapa (by his grandchildren and great-grandchildren)

 Isobel Grey (cousin-in-law, via her first marriage)
 Mr. Matthew Crawley (third cousin twice removed/grandson-in-law) †
 Mr. Tom Branson (grandson-in-law)
 Mr. Henry Talbot (former grandson-in-law)
 Herbert Pelham, Marquess of Hexham (grandson-in-law)
 Josephine Crawley, Countess of Grantham (granddaughter-in-law)
 Miss Sybbie Branson (great-granddaughter)
 Mr. George Crawley (great-grandson)
 Miss Marigold Pelham (great-granddaughter)
 Miss Caroline Talbot (great-granddaughter)
 Peter Pelham, Earl of Brancaster (great-grandson)
 Lord Theodore Pelham (great-grandson)
 Arthur Crawley, Viscount Downton (great-grandson)
 Lord Benedict Crawley (great-grandson)
 Lord Christopher Crawley (great-grandson)
 Lady Diana Crawley (great-granddaughter)
 Lord Edmund Crawley (great-grandson)

young Patrick Crawley, 6th Earl of Grantham (circa 1800s)

## Coat of Arms

Arms of the Rt. Hon. 6th Earl of Grantham (1858-1900)

**Patrick Crawley**, **6th** **Earl of Grantham**, (b. 21 September, 1833-d. 10 January, 1900) was the former patriarch of the Crawley Family and former owner of the Downton Estate. He is the late husband of Violet Crawley and father of Lady Rosamund Painswick and the late Robert Crawley, 7th Earl of Grantham.

## Biography

* Early Life
* Marriage and Children
* Military Career
* Death

Patrick was born on the 21 September 1833 in Downton Abbey. He was the eldest son of the 5th Earl and Countess of Grantham.

He had a younger brother, **Hugo**—who was the father of James Crawley, first cousin of Robert and Rosamund, and previous heir presumptive of Downton.

He then married Violet Crawley in 1862. She brought her upper class blood but little money into their marriage. They then had two children together: a daughter, Rosamund Anne in 1863, and a son and heir, Robert Patrick in 1865.

Despite his wife's disapproval, their children married into money and love rather than nobility. When Robert married American heiress Cora Levinson in 1890, he pressured Cora to sign an agreement, that tied her dowry to the estate, in order to protect it, along with the expectations that the couple would not have a son to inherit it all.

Between October 1853 and February 1856, Patrick fought in the Crimean War with Anne de Vere Cole's father, Major **William Utting Cole**.

He was eventually the godfather of Anne, who would come to marry Neville Chamberlain.

Patrick died of tuberculosis on the 10th of January, 1900. Before his death, he left a trust fund for each of his grandchildren.

His son Robert eventually became the 7th Earl of Grantham, and his wife Violet became the Dowager Countess of Grantham.
## Appearance and Personality

Patrick was a rather handsome Englishman (which still continued on to his male-line descendants). He had brown hair and blue eyes. And while Robert looks like his wife, Rosamund bears quite a resemblance to him. He and Violet love their children dearly, but the children spent most of their time with a nanny. They spent about an hour with them, "*every*" day, after tea.

Like every Earl before and after him, he is immensely proud of Downton as the place he grew up and takes his responsibility for the estate very seriously. He is well-liked by many, compassionate, friendly, honorable and reasonable—an embodiment of the traditional values of the aristocracy.

## Present Family

He is the grandfather of Robert and Cora's four children: Mary, Edith, Sybil, and Alexander. His only grandson is the current holder of the Earldom of Grantham.

Through his grandchildren, he has eleven great-grandchildren: Mary's children, son George, and daughter Caroline; Sybil's daughter Sybbie; Edith's children, daughter Marigold, and sons Peter and Theodore; and Alex's children, sons Arthur, Benedict, Christopher, Edmund, and daughter Diana.

## Name Etymology

* **Patrick** is male name of Latin origin, meaning *"noble, patrician"*.
	+ He also shares the name with his son, Robert.