[1] He was educated at Harrow School where he excelled in sports, particularly cricket, making the winning hit in the match with Eton College at Lord's in 1851, and becoming an excellent tennis player in later life, playing against Charles Gilbert Heathcote at Brighton the year before his death.
[3] A biography of Eliza's eldest son, George Abraham, paints a picture of Mrs Crawley as "a perfect hostess, kindly and warm-hearted, and her children and their friends were always welcome.
Her energy and "joie de vivre" enabled her, even in old age, to throw herself with enthusiasm into the interests of the young.
She was an excellent musician with a charming voice, which her children and grandchildren have inherited, and she inspired and led the music that was always a feature of her entertaining at shooting parties, cricket matches, and family gatherings".
She died in 1913 at Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire, leaving an estate valued at £76,528 gross.