Constituency Dates
New Woodstock 27 Oct. 1721 – 1722
Family and Education
b. c. 1680, 2nd s. of Sir Nicholas Crisp, 2nd Bt., of Hammersmith and Squerryes, Westerham, Kent by Judith, da. of John Adrian, London merchant. m. 21 Apr. 1714, his cos. Anne, da. and h. of Sir Thomas Crisp of Dornford, s.p. suc. w. at Dornford 1718; a nephew as 5th Bt. 1 June 1730.
Offices Held

Sheriff, Oxon. 1715–16.

Address
Main residence: Dornford, Oxon.
biography text

Crisp’s grandfather, Sir Nicholas Crisp, 1st Bt., a rich merchant, opened up the trade with Africa, building ‘forts, castles and factories there’, which at the Restoration were confiscated and vested in the Royal African Company. All attempts on the part of his descendants to get compensation failed.1F.A. Crisp, Crisp Colls. iv. 2-4. Returned for Woodstock on the interest of the Duchess of Marlborough in 1721, he was defeated in 1722. He died 9 July 1740.

Author
E.C.
Volume
Commons 1715-1754
Notes
  • 1. F.A. Crisp, Crisp Colls. iv. 2-4.