Family and Education
b. 24 Oct. 1668, 1st s. of Sir William Craven (1638–95) and Margaret, da. of Sir Christopher Clapham; bro. of Robert Craven‡. educ. Oxf. DCL 1706. m. 12 Oct. 1697 (with £10,000), HP Commons, 1690–1715, v. 488. Elizabeth (1679–1704), da. of Humberston Skipwith, 3s. suc. fa. 1695. d. 9 Oct. 1711; admon. 27 June 1712 to Elizabeth Craven, spinster, paternal aunt and guardian William Craven, 3rd Bar. Craven. TNA, PROB 6/88, f. 112v.
Offices Held
Ld. lt. Berks. 1702 – d.; warden, Whittlewood Forest 9 July 1711–d.
Ld. proprietor of Carolina 1706 – d. ld. palatine 1708 – d.
Parlimentarian
Associated with: Coombe Abbey, Warws.;VCH Warws. vi. 74.; Hampstead Marshall, Berks.; Ashton Park, Berks.; Drury House, Middx.TNA, PROB 5/3262; E. Hatton, A New View of London (1708), ii. 623-39; Add. 22267, ff. 164-71.;
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