Anthony Cracherode (c. 1674–1752), of Cholderton, Wiltshire, was a British government lawyer and politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1728 to 1734 .
[1] Cracherode, was appointed chief clerk for Barbados in 1714 on the accession of George I and executed the office by deputy.
[1] He also proposed rigorous prosecution for libel and spreading false news, as a means of controlling the coffee-house politicians.
[2] As solicitor to House of Commons committees, he acted on the impeachments of the Earls of Oxford and Wintoun.
He died unmarried on 22 April 1752 aged 72, leaving his estate to his cousin Lieutenant-Colonel Mordaunt Cracherode, father of Clayton Mordaunt Cracherode, the book collector.