. ▁John ' s ▁as ▁cl erk ▁of ▁the ▁Council ▁and ▁colonial ▁secretary ▁for ▁New found land . ▁In ▁ 1 8 3 2 , ▁he ▁was ▁named ▁to ▁the ▁col ony ' s ▁Council . ▁▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 3 6 , ▁Crow dy ▁failed ▁to ▁ensure ▁that ▁the ▁great ▁se al ▁was ▁attached ▁to ▁the ▁election ▁writ s ▁issued ▁in ▁that ▁year , ▁which ▁led ▁to ▁the ▁invalid ation ▁of ▁the ▁results ▁of ▁the ▁election ▁and ▁und erm ined ▁the ▁authority ▁of ▁representative ▁government ▁in ▁the ▁col ony . ▁This ▁was ▁viewed ▁with ▁susp icion ▁since ▁Crow dy ▁was ▁opposed ▁to ▁representative ▁government ▁in ▁New found land . ▁Ar ound ▁the ▁same ▁time , ▁he ▁married ▁Caroline ▁August a , ▁the ▁daughter ▁of ▁John ▁D uns com be ; ▁his ▁first ▁wife ▁had ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 8 3 6 . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 8 4 3 , ▁the ▁elected ▁assembly ▁and ▁appointed ▁Council ▁were ▁combined ▁and ▁Crow dy ▁was ▁elected ▁speaker . ▁The ▁assembly ▁and ▁Council ▁became ▁separate ▁bodies ▁again ▁in ▁ 1 8 4 8 ▁and ▁Crow dy ▁was ▁again ▁named ▁to ▁the ▁Council . ▁He ▁served ▁briefly ▁as ▁colonial ▁administrator ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 2 . ▁Crow dy ▁res igned ▁from ▁the ▁Council ▁in ▁ 1 8 5 5 ▁and ▁returned ▁to ▁England , ▁where ▁he ▁died ▁in ▁ 1 8 6 7 ▁at ▁Newton ▁Abb ot , ▁Dev on . ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁External ▁links ▁ ▁Category : Spe akers ▁of ▁the ▁New found