Earl of Craven - Earls of Craven, Second Creation (1801)

Earls of Craven, Second Creation (1801)

  • William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven (1770–1825)
  • William Craven, 2nd Earl of Craven (1809–1866)
  • George Grimston Craven, 3rd Earl of Craven (1841–1883)
  • William George Robert Craven, 4th Earl of Craven (1868–1921)
  • William George Bradley Craven, 5th Earl of Craven (1897–1932)
  • William Robert Bradley Craven, 6th Earl of Craven (1917–1965)
  • Thomas Robert Douglas Craven, 7th Earl of Craven (24 August 1957–22 October 1983). Craven was the eldest son of the 6th Earl. He was styled Viscount Uffington until 1965. He succeeded his father in the earldom in 1965. He committed suicide in his mother's house in 1983. He left a legacy to his illegitimate son Thomas Nicholson, while his title passed to his brother Simon Craven, 8th Earl of Craven. The Craven estate at Hamstead Marshall was sold off after his death.
  • Simon George Craven, 8th Earl of Craven (1961–1990). Craven was the second son of the 6th Earl and younger brother of the 7th Earl. He was a student nurse who died in a road accident in 1990.
  • Benjamin Robert Joseph Craven, 9th Earl of Craven (b. 1989). Craven is the only son of the 8th Earl, and succeeded to the title as an infant.

The heir presumptive is the present holder's first cousin thrice removed, Lt.-Cdr. Rupert José Evelyn Craven (b. 1926). He is the son of Major Hon. Robert Cecil Craven, second son of the 3rd Earl, and is the only heir to the earldom.

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