William Craven, 6th Earl of Craven
William Robert Bradley Craven, 6th Earl of Craven (8 September 1917 – 27 January 1965)[1] was a British peer.
He was the son of William Craven, 5th Earl of Craven, and inherited the earldom in 1932.[2]
Lord Craven was educated at Downside and at the Northamptonshire Institute of Agriculture. He served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards and as a Lieutenant in the RNVR during the Second World War. Lord Craven was created a Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta in 1959. He married 1st 1939 Irene Meyrick, of London, by whom he had one daughter, Lady Sarah Jane Craven (b.1940). That marriage was dissolved in 1954. Lord Craven married 2nd 1954 Elizabeth Gwendolen Teresa Johnstone-Douglas (d.2011), by whom he had two sons (the 7th and 8th Earls of Craven) and one daughter, Lady Ann Craven (b.1959).
He was succeeded by his elder son Thomas Craven, 7th Earl of Craven.
References
- ↑ http://www.thepeerage.com/p2061.htm#i20602
- ↑ Peter W. Hammond, editor, The Complete Peerage or a History of the House of Lords and All its Members From the Earliest Times, Volume XIV: Addenda & Corrigenda (Stroud, Gloucestershire, U.K.: Sutton Publishing, 1998), page 217. Hereinafter cited as The Complete Peerage, Volume XIV.
Burke´s Peerage & Baronetage, 106th Edition (1999)
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Craven
| Peerage of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by William Robert Bradley Craven |
Earl of Craven 1932–1965 |
Succeeded by Thomas Robert Douglas Craven |