He acquired a second cloth manufactory and expanded the family interests into brewing and banking.
He was narrowly defeated in a three-way race in 1812, but was unopposed in 1818 and held the seat for the next 23 years until he was replaced by his fourth son, William Cripps, in 1841.
Cripps was buried in the family vault in St. Catherine's Chapel in the Church of St. John the Baptist, Cirencester.
The Van Diemen's Land Company operated a schooner named the Joseph Cripps which sailed between Hobart or Launceston and Port Adelaide in the 1840s.
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