ABSTRACT
Sir Vauncey Harpur Crewe (1846-1924), very much in the family mould, was reclusive and eccentric. He was weH liked by his tenants. His family relationships were bizarre, communication often being carried out by notes delivered on a silver salver by footmen, or even by the post. However, his son Richard, a very atypical Crewe, was aHowed enough liberty to indulge in a fondness for travel, motor cars, aeroplanes and photography - aH the modem things his father hated. It was perhaps Richard's death (1921) which allowed Calke to come to the public eye still in its time-warp state.
