Sir Henry Harpur, 5th Baronet
Sir Henry Harpur, 5th baronet was born in 1708 and educated at Brasenose College, Oxford. He then went, as was the custom, –
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Baronets
There were ten Harpur-Crewe baronets, spanning 300 years of Calke Abbey history.
Sir John Harpur, 4th Baronet
Although, by 1701, the Harpurs of Calke had held the title of Baronet for 75 years, it was not until John – at
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Sir John Harpur, 3rd baronet
John was born in 1645 and was educated at Queen’s College, Oxford. Like his father, we have little knowledge of where he went,
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Sir John Harpur, the 2nd. Baronet
Of the 2nd baronet, who was born in 1616, we know very little, apart from the fact that, after the specific bequests made
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Henry Harpur, First Baronet of Calke Abbey
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, Tale of Ten Baronets
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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