Ralph Creyke

For the ships named for the MP, see SS Ralph Creyke (1878) and SS Ralph Creyke (1879).

Ralph Creyke (5 September 1849 – 17 April 1908) was an English Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885.

Heraldic Achievement of Ralph Creyke

Ralph Creyke
Creyke in 1880
Member of Parliament for York
In office 27 April 1880 – 18 December 1885 Serving with Joseph Johnson Leeman (1880-1883) Frederick Milner (1883-1885)
Preceded by	George Leeman James Lowther
Succeeded by	Alfred Pease Frank Lockwood
Personal details
Born	(1849-09-05)5 September 1849
Died	17 April 1908(1908-04-17) (aged 58) Rawcliffe Hall, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom
Political party	Liberal

Creyke was the son of Ralph Creyke of Rawcliffe and Marton Yorkshire and his wife Louisa Frances Croft, daughter of Colonel Croft of Stillington Hall, York. He was educated at Eton College and admitted at Trinity Hall, Cambridge before migrating to Downing College, Cambridge.^[1] He was a J.P. for East and West Ridings of York, Middlesex and Westminster and a Deputy Lieutenant for the West Riding.^[2]

At the 1880 general election Creyke was elected Member of Parliament for York. He held the seat until 1885.^[3] He was High Sheriff of Yorkshire in 1894.^[1]

Creyke died at Rawcliffe Hall at the age of 58. He was married and had a family.