Archibald Crawford, 1st Baron Hungarton
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Archibald Crawford, 1st Baron Hungarton (12 September 1890 – 14 June 1966), was a British businessman.
Crawford was the son of Robert Crawford, of Highfields Farm, Lowesby, Leicestershire, and was educated at the Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys in Leicester. He later became managing director of Crawford, Prince and Johnston Ltd, agricultural equipment manufacturers, of Lyston, Leicestershire.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
In 1951, he was raised to the peerage as Baron Hungarton, of Hungarton in the County of Leicester,{{London Gazette |issue=39148 |date=13 February 1951 |page=791 }} in recognition of his "political and public services in Leicestershire".{{London Gazette |issue=39104 |date=29 December 1951 |page=1 }}
{{Election box begin | title=General election 1922: Peebles and Southern Midlothian The Times, 17 November 1922}}
{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Labour Party (UK)
|candidate = Joseph Westwood
|votes = 6,394
|percentage =36.0
|change =-3.4
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Unionist Party (Scotland)
|candidate = Archibald Crawford
|votes = 5,992
|percentage =33.7
|change =n/a
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{{Election box candidate with party link|
|party = Liberal Party (UK)
|candidate = Donald Maclean
|votes = 5,337
|percentage =30.3
|change =-30.3
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{{Election box majority|
|votes = 402
|percentage = 2.3
|change = 23.5
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{{Election box turnout|
|votes =
|percentage = 75.7
|change = +23.1
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|winner = Labour Party (UK)
|loser = Liberal Party (UK)
|swing = n/a
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Lord Hungarton married Jean Johnstone, daughter of David Johnstone, of Castle Douglas, Kirkcudbrightshire, in 1914. They had one son, Squadron-Leader David Robert Crawford, who was killed in action over Germany in February 1945, and a daughter, the Honourable Grace Crawford. Hungarton died in June 1966, aged 75, when the title became extinct.{{citation needed|date=October 2020}}
Arms
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|image = Hungarton Achievement.png
|escutcheon = Per chevron Azure and Argent two cocks combatant Argent crested wattled and membered Gules in base a fox’s mask Proper.
|crest = In front of a garb Or a horseshoe Gules.
|supporters = On either side a bull Sable armed and unguled Or gorged with a collar Vair the dexter charged on the shoulder with a plate thereon a thistle slipped and leaved Proper the sinister charged on the shoulder with a rose Argent barbed and seeded also Proper.
|motto = Solum Patriae {{cite book |title=Burke's Peerage |date=1959}}}}
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External links
- {{Hansard-contribs | mr-archibald-crawford | Lord Hungarton }}
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Category:People educated at Wyggeston Grammar School for Boys
Category:People from Harborough District