Frederick H. Crawford
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Colonel Crawford is shown second from the left in this loyalist mural in East Belfast's Ballymacarrett Road
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Frederick Hugh Crawford 21 August 1861 Belfast, Ireland |
| Died | 5 November 1952 (aged 91) |
| Nationality | British |
| Occupation | Soldier, arms smuggler |
| Title | Colonel |
| Spouse(s) | Helen Crawford |
| Children | Stuart Wright Knox, Helen Nannie, Majorie Doreen, Ethel Bethea, Malcolm Adair Alexander |
Colonel Frederick Hugh Crawford CBE, JP (21 August 1861 – 5 November 1952) was an officer in the British Army. A staunch Ulster loyalist, Crawford is most notable for organising the Larne gun-running which secured guns and ammunition for the Ulster Volunteers (UVF) in 1914, and made him a hero for Northern Ireland's unionists.
Crawford was born in Belfast on 21 August 1861 into a "solid Methodist" family of Ulster-Scots roots. He attended Methodist College Belfast and University College, London. Whilst Crawford was a determined Ulster loyalist, his great-grandfather was Alexander Crawford, a United Irishman arrested in March 1797 for "high treason", and sent to Kilmainham gaol, sharing a cell with prominent United Irishman Henry Joy McCracken.
According to the 1911 census for Ireland, Crawford was living in Marlborough Park, Belfast, with his wife of 15 years Helen, and four of their five children: Helen Nannie; Marjorie Doreen; Ethel Bethea; and Malcolm Adair Alexander. His other child, Stuart Wright Knox, is recorded as a pupil at Ballycloghan National School, Belfast. Stuart would become a lieutenant-colonel in the British Army, before being invalided in 1944. Malcolm, after being a member of the Colonial Police, joined the Royal Ulster Constabulary, advancing to District Inspector. In 1931, Malcolm became a Justice of the Peace for Singapore.
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