Jeremiah Crutchley, M.P.

1745 - 1805  (60 years)

• Name	Jeremiah Crutchley
  Suffix	M.P.
  Nickname	Joseph
  Birth	20 Dec 1745  [1]
  Gender	Male
  Adopted	29 Mar 1752
  	Henry Thrale became 7-year old Jeremiah's Guardian (akin to adoption) after the death of father (his mother had predeceased his father), on account of Henry's close friendship with his father.
  Adopted	29 Mar 1752
  	After receiving bequests, Ralph Thrale became Guardian (akin to adoption) to Jeremiah Crutchley aged 6 after the death of his father (his mother died earlier), on account of their friendship initiated through their shared interest in brewing (Crutchley was a coppersmith specialising in brewing equipment). Ralph died when Jeremiah was aged 13, and Henry Thrale became his guardian.
  Godparent / sponsor	17 Apr 1768
  	Jeremiah Crutchley was Godfather to Anna Maria Thrale.
  Property	8 Jun 1769	Sunningdale Park, Berkshire, England
  	Purchased Sunningdale Park from Thomas Draper Baber.
  Note	17 May 1781
  	Hester Thrale wrote in Thraliana of Jeremiah … Mr Crutcheley lives now a great deal with me; the Business of Executor to Mr Thrale’s Will makes much of his Attendance necessary; and it begins to have its full Effect in seducing and attaching him to the house: Miss Burney's being always about me is probably another Reason for his close Attendance, & I believe it is so—what better could befall Miss Burney? or indeed what better Cd befall him, than to obtain a Woman of Honour; & character, & Reputation for superior Understanding—I would be glad however that he fell honestly in Love with her; & was not tricked or trapp’d into Marriage poor Fellow: he is no Match for the Arts of a Novel-writer. A mighty particular Character Mr Crutcheley is: strangely mixed up of Meanness and Magnificence—liberal & splendid in large Sums, & on serious Occasions; narrow and confined in the common Occurrences of Life; warm & generous in some of his Notions, frigid & suspicious however for 18 Hours at least out of the 24. likely to be duped, though always expecting fraud; and easily disappointed in realities, though seldom flattered by Fancy.
  Note	4 Jan 1782  [2]
  	Hester Lynch Thrale wrote … I begin to wish in good earnest that Miss Burney should make Impression on Mr Crutchley; I think She honestly loves the Man, who in his Turn appears to be in Love with some one else-Hester I fear! Oh that would indeed be unlucky! People have said so a long while, but I never thought it till now: Young Men & Women will always be serving one so to be sure, if they live at all together; but I depended on Burney keeping him steady to herself. Queeney behaves like an Angel about it.
  Election	1784-1790	Horsham, Sussex, England
  	Member of Parliament
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  Election	1790-1796	Grampound, Cornwall, England
  	Member of Parliament
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  Election	Oct 1796-1802	St Mawes, Cornwall, England
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  Note	Henry Thrale and Jeremiah Crutchley ran the Thrale and Crutchley Copper Company. After Thrale’s in 1781, Crutchley continued to be a leading manufacturer of brewing equipment.
  Death	28 Dec 1805
  Will	1806  [3]
  	Crutchley never married and his estate was inherited at his death in 1806 by George Henry Duffield, the eldest son of his second sister, Alice, who took the surname of Crutchley.
  Burial	Lee, Kent, England
  	Agency: Old St Margaret's churchyard
  Notes	Hester Thrale speculated that that Jeremiah Crutchley might be her husband Henry’s natural son. However, every reliable source sustains Jeremiah’s legitimacy and Henry’s honourable care and oversight of Jeremiah as his guardian and replacement father figure.
  Person ID	I699	UK Thrale family
  Last Modified	19 Jul 2024

  
  

  Father	Jeremiah Crutchley,   b. Abt 1709   d. 29 Mar 1752 (Age 43 years)
  Mother	Alice Jackson   d. Yes, date unknown
  Marriage	4 Mar 1742	Saint Pauls Cathedral, Middlesex, England   [4]
  Family ID	F319	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Property - Purchased Sunningdale Park from Thomas Draper Baber. - 8 Jun 1769 - Sunningdale Park, Berkshire, England Election - Member of Parliament - 1784-1790 - Horsham, Sussex, England Burial - Agency: Old St Margaret's churchyard - - Lee, Kent, England  = Link to Google Earth
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• Documents

  Anchor Brewery, 1781 sale. Deed of sale of Anchor Brewery on 31 May 1781.

  
  

  Histories

  Henry Thrale's will Henry Thrale died on 4 April 1781 between 5 am and 6 am. The will, dated 17 March 1781, was read by the male executors on 5 April 1781. his wife, Hester, was later informed of its provisions by Samuel Johnson. Executors Dr. Samuel Johnson; Henry Smith; Jeremiah Crutchley; John Cator M.P.1; and Hester Lynch Thrale.

  
  

• Sources

  [S39] Mary Hyde, The Thrales of Streatham Park, (Harvard University Press 1977), 29 (Reliability: 3). [S40] Katherine C Balderston, Thraliana, (Oxford University Press 1951). [S40] Katherine C Balderston, Thraliana, (Oxford University Press 1951), page 505 note 3. [S39] Mary Hyde, The Thrales of Streatham Park, (Harvard University Press 1977), 28 (Reliability: 3).