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Author: Celia Sanger

Swarkestone Old Hall, Image ©copyright National Trust collections.
Baronets 

Calke Abbey, a Tale of Ten Baronets

Celia Sanger 20 January 202017 May 2022

Just like many large houses in England, one family governed the lives of the residents in that house, and often that of the

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Possibly Henry Harpur, 1st Baronet of Calke Abbey. Image ©copyright National Trust collections.
Baronets 

Henry Harpur, First Baronet of Calke Abbey

Celia Sanger 27 February 202017 May 2022

Henry Harpur was born in 1579, the third son of Sir John Harpur and his wife Isabella Pierpont, at Swarkestone Hall. Henry was

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Calke Abbey Photo ©Copyright Ticknall Life
Baronets Locality 

Who lived at Calke Abbey?

Celia Sanger 16 December 201917 May 2022

Who lived at Calke Abbey? Were they Harpurs, Crewes, or Harpur-Crewes? The truth is, they all did. Over almost 300 years, from 1622

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Family History Review 

Winnie and Bertie – The True Story

Celia Sanger 12 June 201918 May 2022

Winifred Harpur Crewe, always known as Winnie, was born into a privileged life in 1879. The second daughter of Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe,

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