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William Craven, 2nd Earl of Craven

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Lord Craven died on 25 August 1866. His widow, Emily, Countess of Craven, survived her husband by more than 30 years, and died in London 21 May 1901.
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Debrett's Illustrated Peerage, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Under the Immediate Revision and Correction of the Peers
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in 1862. She married, secondly, Henry Amelius Beauclerk Coventry in 1869. After their 1877 divorce, she married Capt.
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in 1853, and held the office until 1856, when he resigned due to ill health. Lord Craven also served as
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On a Chapeau Gules turned up Ermine a Griffin statant wings elevated Ermine beaked and foremembered Or
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Upon his father's death in 1825, he succeeded to the earldom of Craven, and the family estate,
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On 5 September 1835, Lord Craven was married to Lady Emily Mary Grimston, daughter of
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History of the Royal Berkshire Militia (Now 3rd Battalion Royal Berks Regiment)
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his first important commission, which was to build a new wing to Combe Abbey.
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The peerage and baronetage of the British empire as at present existing
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Hon. Robert Walter Craven (1850–1866), a Naval Officer who died aboard
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on 14 February 1829, but resigned on 18 March 1831. He was appointed a
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Women in Early America: Struggle, Survival, And Freedom in a New World
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Through his second daughter's first marriage, he was a grandfather of
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William Craven was born on 18 August 1809. He was the eldest son of
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in 1858. After his death, she married Arthur Vickris Pryor in 1886.
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Lady Elizabeth Charlotte Louisa Craven (1836–1919), who married
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Lady Emily Georgiana Craven (1846–1932), who married Lt.-Col.
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Edmund Lodge; Anne Innes; Eliza Innes; Maria Innes (1890).
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William Augustus Frederick Craven, Viscount Uffington
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William, Earl of Craven & the art of photography
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Lady Emily Mary, Countess of Craven, née Grimston, (
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Index

The Right Honourable
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Oil on canvas portrait of Lord Craven
Sir George Hayter
Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire
The Earl of Warwick
The Lord Leigh
William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven
Louisa Brunton
Combe Abbey
Alma mater
Christ Church, Oxford
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peer
William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven
Louisa Brunton
Frederick Keppel Craven
cricketer
Sir Frederick Johnstone, 7th Baronet
Alexander Oswald
Member of Parliament
Ayrshire
William Craven, 6th Baron Craven
Lady Elizabeth Berkeley
Augustus Berkeley, 4th Earl of Berkeley
Ann Brunton Merry
dilettante
Robert Merry
Christ Church, Oxford
Combe Abbey

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