Family
Crawfurd married Horatia Ann, daughter of James Perry. The writer Oswald John Frederick Crawfurd was their son. The couple knew John Sterling, and the Carlyles. Thomas Carlyle met Henry Crabb Robinson at dinner at the Crawfurds (25 November 1837, at 27 Wilton Crescent), making a poor impression.
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