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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. [1] .
5 de abr. de 2024 · William Craven, earl of Craven was an English courtier known for his long association with the “winter queen” of Bohemia, the English princess Elizabeth, who was the consort of Frederick V, the elector Palatine. A Royalist during the English Civil Wars, Craven provided considerable financial.
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Earl of Craven. Died: 9th April 1697 at Drury House, Drury Lane, London. William was the eldest son of Sir William Craven Senior, a city magnate, and Elizabeth Whitmore, the daughter of a London Alderman.
28 de abr. de 2022 · Biography. Craven was born at Combe Abbey, Warwickshire, the son of William Craven, 4th Earl of Craven and his American wife, Cornelia Martin, only daughter of Bradley Martin and his wife Cornelia, who were famed as the hosts of the Bradley-Martin Ball.
William Craven, Earl of Craven. Army officer and royal servant. Eldest son of Sir William Craven and his wife Elizabeth, who was the daughter of another London William Whitmore. Created Baron Craven, of Hampstead-Marshall, co. Berks on 4 March 1627.
Craven succeeded to the barony of Craven by special remainder on the death of his cousin, William Craven, earl of Craven. The succession to the title had been re-conveyed on a number of occasions as a result of the deaths of all of the previous holder’s immediate relatives, his penultimate heir being the 2nd baron’s father.
After the death of the Earl of Craven, his property passed in 1697 to William, 5th Earl of Craven. William Craven the Younger eventually decided that his Strand property was ripe for development, and after raising some capital by mortgaging the ground, he proceeded to pull down the houses in Spur Alley and Brewer’s Lane.
