George Crawley (b. September 1921) is the only child, son and heir of the late Matthew Crawley and Lady Mary Crawley. He is the second grandchild and first grandson of Robert and Cora Crawley, the first and only grandchild of Isobel Crawley, great-grandson of Violet Crawley and Martha Levinson, nephew of Lady Edith, the late Lady Sybil, and Tom Branson. Sybil Branson is his first cousin.
Biography
With his parents.
Lady Mary Crawley was holidaying with her family at Duneagle Castle in September 1921, the Scottish estate of her cousins the MacClares, when she began to feel that she was not well and decided to go home alone. She came back to Downton early the next morning but immediately went to the hospital, realizing when she got off the train she was in labor a month early.
George was born soon after. His grandmother Isobel was there, as was Doctor Clarkson. His father came later. When Matthew goes to Downton to relay the news to the rest of the family and return with them to the hospital, he is run off the road by a truck he neglected to see, as he was still overwhelmed by the day's events. Matthew was killed instantly by a blow to the head.
George age 6 months with his mother.
George is heir presumptive to his maternal grandfather's title and estate and the Crawley family fortune, although his claim comes through his father's line (his paternal great-great-great grandfather was a younger son of the 3rd Earl of Grantham). When he inherits, he will become the 6th Earl.
