Fulwar Craven, 4th Baron Craven (died 10 November 1764) was an

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nobleman and sportsman. He was educated at

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and

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. He became High Steward of Newbury, and was about to stand for

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for

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when his brother

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's death in 1739 brought him the Barony of Craven. He was famously fond of racing and hunting, hunting on his Berkshire estates at

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and Ashdown Park, keeping his own stud of

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s and founding a racecourse at

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. He and his brother William founded the Craven Hunt, and he appears in James Seymour's 1743 ''A Kill at Ashdown Park'', a picture owned by the Craven family until 1968. When not hunting, Craven resided at

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, near

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. He continued to hunt until his death at old

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in 1764 after a long illness. He was buried at

, and being unmarried and childless, was succeeded by his nephew

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A Kill at Ashdown Park
1764 deaths Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford People educated at Rugby School People from Hamstead Marshall People from Speen, Berkshire People from Coventry Fulwar Year of birth unknown 4 {{England-baron-stub