Craven FitzHardinge Berkeley (May 1805 – 1 July 1855) was a British Whig politician.

Background

Berkeley was the seventh son of Frederick Berkeley, 5th Earl of Berkeley, and Mary, daughter of William Cole. He was the younger brother of

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and

Henry FitzHardinge Berkeley Francis Henry FitzHardinge Berkeley (7 December 1794 – 10 March 1870) was a British politician. Background and education Berkeley was the fourth son of Frederick Berkeley, 5th Earl of Berkeley, and Mary, daughter of William Cole. The validity ...

(born to the same mother but declared illegitimate according to a decision by the

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) and also of the Hon. Grantley Berkeley.

Political career

Craven entered Parliament for

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in 1832, a seat he held until 1847. In the 1847 general election the seat was won by Sir Willoughby Jones, but his election was declared void in May the following year. Berkeley was elected in his place in June 1848 but his election was declared void two months later. In 1852 he was again successfully returned for the constituency, and held the seat until his death three years later.

Family

Berkeley married firstly Augusta, daughter of Sir Horace St Paul, 1st Baronet and widow of George Henry Talbot, in 1839. They had one daughter. After Augusta's death in April 1841, aged 28, he married secondly Charlotte, daughter of General

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, in 1845. Berkeley died in July 1855, aged 50. His daughter Louisa Mary succeeded as 15th Baroness Berkeley in 1882. Charlotte Berkeley died in January 1897.

References

External links

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Biography at thepeerage.com
{{DEFAULTSORT:Berkeley, Craven 1805 births 1855 deaths Younger sons of earls Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for English constituencies Whig (British political party) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1832–1835 UK MPs 1835–1837 UK MPs 1837–1841 UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1847–1852 UK MPs 1852–1857 Craven Politics of Cheltenham