George Grimston Craven, 3rd Earl of Craven (16 March 1841 – 7 December 1883) was a British peer.

Early life

Craven was born on 16 March 1841. He was the eldest surviving son born to

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and his wife, the former Lady Emily Mary Grimston (1815–1901). His paternal grandparents were William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven (the eldest son of William Craven, 6th Baron Craven, and his wife Lady Elizabeth Berkeley, who married Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach after Baron Craven's death) and his wife, Louisa, Countess of Craven, an English former actress. His maternal grandparents were

James Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam James Walter Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam (26 September 1775 – 17 November 1845), styled Lord Dunboyne from 1775 until 1808 and known as the 4th Viscount Grimston from 1808 to 1815, was a British peer and politician. Life and career He was ...

and Lady Charlotte Jenkinson (the daughter of

Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool, PC (26 April 172917 December 1808), known as Lord Hawkesbury between 1786 and 1796, was a British statesman. He was the father of Prime Minister Robert Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool. Early years, f ...

Career

He inherited the

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on 25 August 1866 following the death of his father. His mother survived her husband, and George, by more than 30 years, living until her death in

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on 21 May 1901. Lord Craven served as

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between 1881 and 1883.

Personal life

On 17 January 1867, Lord Craven married Lady Evelyn Laura Barrington (1848–1924), the second daughter and co-heiress of

George Barrington, 7th Viscount Barrington George William Barrington, 7th Viscount Barrington, PC (14 February 1824 – 6 November 1886), was a British Conservative politician. He held office under Lord Salisbury as Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard between 1885 and 1886 and as Captai ...

and the former Isabel Elizabeth Morritt (only child of John Morritt of

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). Together, they were the parents of six children, including: * Lady Mary Beatrix Craven (1867–1881), who died unmarried. *

William Craven, 4th Earl of Craven William George Robert Craven, 4th Earl of Craven OBE (16 December 1868 – 10 July 1921), styled Viscount Uffington from 1868 to 1883, was a British peer and Liberal politician. Early life Craven was the eldest son of the George Craven, 3r ...

(1868–1921), who married the American heiress, Cornelia Martin, daughter of banker

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, in 1893. * The Hon. Rupert Cecil Craven OBE (1870–1959), who married Inez Morton Broom, daughter of George Broom in 1899. They divorced in 1908 and he married Josephine Margueritte Banbury ( née Reixach y Gisbert) in 1925. Josephine, the widow of Capt. Charles William Banbury, was a daughter of Don José Reixach y Gisbert. * The Hon. Charles Frederick Craven (1873–1873), who died in infancy. * Lady Helen Emily Craven (1874–1926), who married Lt. Col. Ian Rose Innes Forbes of Rothiemay Castle in 1901. * The Hon. Charles Eric Craven (1879–1909), who married Amalia Kolowratek in 1901. Lord Craven died on 7 December 1883. He was succeeded by his eldest son, who was only fourteen years old.

Descendants

Through his eldest son, he was a grandfather of

William Craven, 5th Earl of Craven William George Bradley Craven, 5th Earl of Craven (31 July 1897 – 15 September 1932) was a British peer. Early life Craven was born on 31 July 1897 at Combe Abbey, Warwickshire and was baptized by the Archbishop of York on 27 August 1897. He ...

.G.E. Cokayne; with Vicary Gibbs, H.A. Doubleday, Geoffrey H. White, Duncan Warrand and Lord Howard de Walden, editors, ''The Complete Peerage of England, Scotland, Ireland, Great Britain and the United Kingdom, Extant, Extinct or Dormant'', new ed., 13 volumes in 14 (1910-1959; reprint in 6 volumes, Gloucester, U.K.: Alan Sutton Publishing, 2000), volume III, page 506. Through his second son, an electrical engineer who eventually cut timber in

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before a 1912 bankruptcy, he was a grandfather of Lt. Commander Rupert José Evelyn Craven RN (b. 1926), the current heir presumptive to the Earldom of Craven.

Coat of arms

References

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Lord-Lieutenants of Berkshire Earls of Craven (1801 creation)