Champion de Crespigny Baronets

The Champion de Crespigny Baronetcy, of Champion Lodge, Camberwell, in the County of Surrey, was a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created on 31 October 1805 for Claude Champion de Crespigny. The second Baronet sat as Member of Parliament for Southampton. The fourth Baronet was a well-known military adventurer and sportsman. The title became extinct on the death of the eighth Baronet in 1952.

Claude Champion de Crespigny, son of the fourth Baronet, was a soldier and polo player. The Champion de Crespigny family originated from Normandy, France. Thomas Champion de Crespigny (d. 1712) settled in England and served in the British Army.

Champion de Crespigny Baronets, of Champion Lodge (1805)

• Sir Claude Champion de Crespigny, 1st Baronet (1734–1818)
• Sir William Champion de Crespigny, 2nd Baronet (1765–1829)
  • Augustus James Champion de Crespigny (d. 1825)
• Sir Claude William Champion de Crespigny, 3rd Baronet (1818–1868)
• Sir Claude Champion de Crespigny, 4th Baronet (1847–1935)
• Sir Claude Raul Champion de Crespigny, 5th Baronet (1878–1941)
• Sir Henry Champion de Crespigny, 6th Baronet (1882–1946)
• Sir Frederick Philip Champion de Crespigny, 7th Baronet (1884–1947)
• Sir Vivian Tyrell Champion de Crespigny, 8th Baronet (1907–1952)

References

• Leigh Rayment's List of Baronets
• www.thepeerage.com