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unusual facts about William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven, 7th Baron Craven


Harriette Wilson

She began her career at the age of fifteen, becoming the mistress of William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven, 7th Baron Craven.


Barons Court tube station

Many people mistakenly believe that name Barons Court is inspired by Earls Court to the east and the association of the area in the early 19th century with the Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach (died 1806) and his English wife Elizabeth (the Margravine, the widow of the 6th Baron Craven).

William Craven, 2nd Earl of Craven

Naval Officer, died aboard HMS Spiteful and was buried in The British Cemetery, Montevideo.

William Craven, 4th Earl of Craven

Lord Craven married Cornelia Martin, (1877-19 May 1961), the only daughter of a wealthy American banker, Bradley Martin at Grace Church, New York City, on 18 April 1893.

William Craven, 5th Earl of Craven

He died on 15 September 1932 of peritonitis at Pau, France, at the age of 35, and was succeeded by his son, William Robert Bradley Craven, 6th Earl of Craven.

William Craven, 6th Baron Craven

After his death on 27 September 1791 at age 53 in Lausanne, Switzerland, she married the Margrave of Anspach.

Woolstone, Oxfordshire

In 1814 the Wroughtons sold Woolstone to Viscount Uffington, who in 1825 succeeded as 2nd Earl of Craven.


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