Crerar

Crerar is a Scottish surname.^[1] The original name is the Scots version of the Gaelic criathar meaning Sievewright. The Crerars are a sect of Clan Macintosh, and the name originated in Perthshire.

The Crerar Family Clan Crest

People

• Duncan MacGregor Crerar (1836–1916), Scottish poet
• Finlay Crerar (1904-1965), RAF officer
• George Crerar (1914–1987), President of the SRU and Scottish sportsman
• Harry Crerar (1888–1965), Canadian World War II commander
• John Crerar (1750–1840), Scottish gamekeeper and composer
• John Crerar (1827–1899), American industrialist
• Leila Crerar, actress
• Peter Crerar (1785–1856), Scots-Canadian civil engineer
• Pippa Crerar (born 1976), British journalist
• Thomas Crerar (1876–1975), Canadian politician

Places

• Crerar, Ontario, a neighborhood of Hamilton, Ontario named for the Canadian general Harry Crerar
• John Crerar Library, a library operated by the University of Chicago named for the American industrialist John Crerar

Other

• Crerar Hotels, Scottish hotel chain

References

1. Browne, W.A.F.; Reaney, P.H.; Wilson, R.M.; Scull, A. (1991). A Dictionary of English Surnames. Tavistock classics in the history of psychiatry. Routledge. p. 790. ISBN 978-0-415-05737-0. Retrieved 26 August 2018.