Talk:Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe

Still alive?
When he was appointed to the Cabinet in 1931, didn't ministers spend some time asking one another whether Crewe was still alive? Or was that Runciman when he was appointed to his mission to Czechoslovakia in the late 1930s?Paulturtle (talk) 01:59, 30 August 2015 (UTC)


 * There's a story of a couple of Conservative MPs having a bet about whether Crewe was alive or not when the National Government. By the way he wasn't actually in the Cabinet - for in the initial government the emergency Cabinet was shrunk to just ten ministers and other posts such as the service ministries were held outside. Timrollpickering (talk) 10:47, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

Thanks. I'd forgotten the tiny Cabinet - presumably a deliberate echo of Lloyd George's emergency measure of 1916-18 - although I now remember seeing photos of the small number of ministers. Austen Chamberlain at the Admiralty was another big name left out of the inner circle.Paulturtle (talk) 14:53, 30 August 2015 (UTC)

Donation to Wine Auction
Not worthy of comment in the main article, but mentioned here in case of interest to passing researchers, is the wine auction, by Messrs. Christie, Manson & Woods on 12 April 1937, “Rare Wines & Liqueurs, Generously presented for Sale for the Benefit of The Funds of Queen Charlotte’s Hospital”. Lots 113 and 114, “Presented by The Most Hon. the Marquess of Crewe, K.G.” were “One dozen bottles of Croft’s 1851” (which sold at 82/-); and “One dozen bottles of Port Feilding, 1863” (which sold at 72/-). (My pictures 22582/3.) JDAWiseman (talk) 23:15, 27 September 2015 (UTC)

First World War, rather than Great War
I have changed the usage of Great War for WWI on the grounds that while it remained a popular expression among many, Crewe also lived through all but the last few weeks of the Second World War (previously only referred to as 'the war' in the description of his career from the 1930s).Cloptonson (talk) 22:29, 10 December 2015 (UTC)