Crerar

Crerar is a Scottish surname. The original name is the Scots version of the Gaelic criathar.
The surname Crerar was first found in Inverness and the surrounding Scottish highlands, where the Crerar's held a family seat from ancient times.

People 
 Duncan MacGregor Crerar (1836–1916), Scottish poet.
 Finlay Crerar, RAF officer
 Harry Crerar (1888–1965), Canadian World War II commander.
 John Crerar (1750–1840), Scottish gamekeeper and composer.
 John Crerar (1827–1899), American industrialist.
 Peter Crerar (1785–1856), Scots-Canadian civil engineer.
 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.

References 

Category:English-language surnames
Category:Scottish surnames