William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven (1770–1825)

William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven (Anne Mee née Foldsone)

Major-General William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven (28 September 1770 – 30 July 1825) was a British soldier.

Life

Craven was the eldest son of William Craven, 6th Baron Craven, and succeeded his father as seventh Baron Craven in 1791. He served in the Army and achieved the rank of major-general. In 1801 he was created Viscount Uffington, in the County of Berkshire, and Earl of Craven, in the County of York. The earldom was a revival of the title held by his 17th-century kinsman and namesake William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven.^[1]

Craven later served as Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire from 1819 to 1826. He mostly resided at Coombe Abbey, near Coventry in Warwickshire and occasionally at Hamstead Marshall in Berkshire. He is not entirely forgotten — Harriette Wilson begins her famous memoir, "I shall not say why and how I became, at the age of fifteen, the mistress of the Earl of Craven."

Craven married Louisa Brunton in 1807.^[2] He died in July 1825, aged 54, and was succeeded in his titles by his son William.

Arms of William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven
	Coronet A Coronet of an Earl Crest On a Chapeau Gules turned up Ermine a Griffin statant wings elevated Ermine beaked and foremembered Or Escutcheon Argent a Fess between six Cross Crosslets fitchée Gules Supporters On either side a Griffin wings elevated Ermine beaked and foremembered Or Motto Virtus In Actione Consistit (Virtue consists in action)

References

↑ The British Imperial Calendar. Winchester and Varnham. 1823. p. 54. Retrieved 1 July 2013.
↑ John Britton; James Norris Brewer; Edward Wedlake Brayley; Joseph Nightingale; Frederic Shoberl; John Hodgson; Francis Charles Laird; John Bigland; John Evans; Thomas Rees (1815). The beauties of England and Wales: or, Delineations, topographical, historical, and descriptive, of each county. Verner & Hood. p. 557 note. Retrieved 30 June 2013.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Earl of Craven

Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl of Radnor	Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire 1819–1825	Succeeded by The Earl of Abingdon
Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by New Creation	Earl of Craven 1801–1825	Succeeded by William Craven
Peerage of England
Preceded by William Craven	Baron Craven 1791–1825	Succeeded by William Craven

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