Background
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.
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Arthur Crawley
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Education
Magdalen College.
Career
They had five children. In 1916 he was awarded the Military Cross following the rescue under fire of wounded soldiers. A bar was later added to the Military Cross. 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.
Assistant curate at Stepney 1901 - 1903
Assistant curate at Chelsea 1903 - 1905
Vicar of Benenden, Kent 1905 - 1910
Vicar of Bishopthorpe 1910 - 1918
Vicar of East Meon, Hampshire 1922 – 1924
Secretary to the York diocesan board of finance 1924 – 1928
Diocesan secretary to the Street Albans Diocese 1929 – 1934
Canon of Street George"s Chapel, Windsor Castle 1934 – 1948
Chaplain to King George VI 1944 - 1948.
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October 8, 1948 (aged 72)