The title Baron Houghton was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1863 for the noted Victorian literary person Richard Monckton Milnes. His son, Robert, was created Earl of Crewe upon the death of his maternal grandfather, the second Baron Crewe. He was later created Marquess of Crewe in 1911. Subsidiary titles were Earl of Madeley (1911), Earl of Crewe (1895), and Baron Houghton (1863), all in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. All titles became extinct upon Robert's death in 1945.
The Crewe to Derby Line is electrified between Crewe, Kidsgrove and Stoke-on-Trent to enable it to serve as a diversionary route and therefore forms a part of Route 18.
Crewe was therefore the centre of a wide-ranging railway network, and freight-handling facilities grew up to the south of the station.
Crewe Works, the diesel locomotive depot and the electric locomotive depot are all situated nearby.
Robert Offley Ashburton Crewe-Milnes, 1st Earl of Crewe (1858 -), English statesman and writer, was born on the 12th of January 1858, being the son of Lord Houghton, and was educated at Harrow and Trinity, Cambridge.
In 1895 he was created 1st Earl of Crewe, his maternal grandfather, the 2nd Baron Crewe, having made him his heir.
In 1905 he became Lord President of the Council in the Liberal government; and in 1908, in Mr Asquith's cabinet, he became Secretary of State for the Colonies and Liberal leader in the House of Lords.
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