William Craven, 6th Baron Craven (11 September 1738 – 26 September 1791) was an
English nobleman and a landowner.
Early life
He was the son of Rev. John Craven,
Vicar
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of
Stanton Lacy
Stanton Lacy is a small village and geographically large civil parish located in south Shropshire, England, north of Ludlow.
The River Corve flows through the parish, on its way south towards the River Teme, and passes immediately to the west o ...
,
Shropshire
Shropshire (; alternatively Salop; abbreviated in print only as Shrops; demonym Salopian ) is a landlocked historic county in the West Midlands region of England. It is bordered by Wales to the west and the English counties of Cheshire to ...
(1708-1752), and his wife, Mary Rebecca Hickes (1714-1791), daughter of Rev. Baptist Hickes. He succeeded his uncle,
William Craven, as
Baron Craven
Earl of Craven, in the County of York, is a title that has been created twice, once in the Peerage of England and once in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.
History
The first creation came in the Peerage of England in 1664 in favour of th ...
in 1769.
Biography
In 1775, he built
Benham Park
Benham Park is a mansion (on the site of Benham Valence Manor) in the English ceremonial county of Berkshire and district of West Berkshire. It is west of Newbury within 500m of a junction of the A34 trunk road Newbury by-pass outside the to ...
at the site of Benham Valence in
Speen, Berkshire where he lived with his wife,
Lady Elizabeth Berkeley, until she left him in 1780 to travel in Europe. They had issue: three sons and four daughters. After his death on 27 September 1791 at age 53 in
Lausanne
, neighboring_municipalities= Bottens, Bretigny-sur-Morrens, Chavannes-près-Renens, Cheseaux-sur-Lausanne, Crissier, Cugy, Écublens, Épalinges, Évian-les-Bains (FR-74), Froideville, Jouxtens-Mézery, Le Mont-sur-Lausanne, Lugrin (FR ...
,
Switzerland, she married the
.
Emma Elizabeth Thoyts
Emma Elizabeth Thoyts (1860–1949), aka Mrs. John Hauntenville Cope, was an English palaeographer, amateur historian, and genealogist.
Biography
Emma Elizabeth Thoyts was born in Bryanston Square, Marylebone in Middlesex on 8 July 1860, the ...
, ''History of the Royal Berkshire Militia (Now 3rd Battalion Royal Berks Regiment)'', Sulhamstead, Berks, 1897/Scholar Select, ISBN 978-1-37645405-5, pp. 245–6, 270–1.
It was Lord Craven who, in 1780, built the original Cottage at what is now an
English Premier League
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stadium
Craven Cottage
Craven Cottage is a football ground in Fulham, West London, England, which has been the home of Fulham F.C. since 1896.According to the club'official website The ground's capacity is 22,384; the record attendance is 49,335, for a game against ...
,
Fulham.
As
Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire
This is a list of people who have served as Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire. Since 1689, all Lords Lieutenant have also been Custos Rotulorum of Berkshire.
Lord-Lieutenants of Berkshire
*Charles Brandon, 1st Duke of Suffolk 1545–22 August 1545
*E ...
from 1786 he also served as
Colonel
Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations.
In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge o ...
of the
Berkshire Militia
The Royal Berkshire Militia was an auxiliary military regiment in the county of Berkshire in Southern England. From their formal organisation as Trained Bands, in 1572 and their service during the Armada Crisis and in the English Civil War, t ...
.
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Issue
His children were:William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven (1770–1825)
Major-General William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven (28 September 1770 – 30 July 1825) was a British soldier.
Early life
Craven was the eldest son of William Craven, 6th Baron Craven, and his wife Lady Elizabeth Berkeley. Among his siblings was ...
, Major-general in the Army and his heir.
* Hon. Henry Augustus Berkeley (b. 1776), Major-general in the Army
* Hon. Keppel Richard (b. 1779)
* Hon. Elizabeth, married John Edward Maddocks
* Hon. Maria Margaret, married William Molyneux, 2nd Earl of Sefton
William Philip Molyneux, 2nd Earl of Sefton (18 September 1772 – 20 November 1838), also known as Lord Dashalong, was a sportsman, gambler and a friend of the Prince Regent.
Personal life
Born in 1772, Lord Sefton was the only son of Charles ...
; she was one of the leaders of London society for many years
* Hon. Georgiana
* Hon. Arabella, married General the Hon. Frederick St John
References
1738 births
1791 deaths
Lord-Lieutenants of Berkshire
Royal Berkshire Militia officers
People from Shropshire
People from Speen, Berkshire
William
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