Whig MP for Stafford and Cheshire; he was a stout supporter of Charles James Fox, who rewarded him with a peerage in 1806.

CORRESPONDENCE OF John Crewe, first baron Crewe:

Sydney Smith to Lord Crewe [February 1816?] in A Memoir of the Reverend Sydney Smith. By his Daughter, Lady Holland. With a Selection from his Letters, edited by Mrs. Austin 2 vols (London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1855)