William Craven, 6th Baron Craven

William Craven, 6th Baron Craven, by Francis Cotes (1726–1770)

William Craven, 6th Baron Craven (11 September 1738 – 26 September 1791) was an English nobleman and a landowner.

Biography

Benham Park

He was the son of Revd John Craven, Vicar of Stanton Lacy, Shropshire (1708–1752), and his wife, Mary Rebecca Hickes (1714–1791), daughter of Rev. Baptist Hickes. He succeeded his uncle, William Craven, as Baron Craven in 1769.

Biography

In 1775, he built Benham Park 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, Switzerland, she married Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach.[1]

It was Lord Craven who, in 1780, built the original Cottage at what is now an English Premier League stadium Craven Cottage, Fulham.

As Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire from 1786 he also served as Colonel of the Berkshire Militia.[1]

Issue

His children were:[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Emma Elizabeth Thoyts, 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.
  2. ^ A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. p. 252.
Honorary titles
Preceded by Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire
1786–1791 		Succeeded by
Peerage of England
Preceded by Baron Craven
1769–1791 		Succeeded by


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