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William Robert Bradley Craven, 6th Earl of Craven (8 September 1917 – 27 January 1965) was a British peer.
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Biography
Craven was the only son of William Craven, 5th Earl of Craven, and inherited the earldom in 1932.
Lord Craven was educated at Downside School and at the Northamptonshire Institute of Agriculture. He served as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards and as a Lieutenant in the RNVR during the Second World War. Lord Craven was created a Knight of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta in 1959.
Marriages & Children
Craven married firstly (Gwendoline) Irene Meyrick, sister of the Countess of Kinnoull, on 3 May 1939 with whom he had one daughter:
The marriage was dissolved in 1954 and on 25 September 1954 Craven married Elizabeth Gwendolen Teresa Johnstone-Douglas (born 2 June 1916, died 2011) with whom he had three further children:
Lord Craven died in 1965 and was succeeded in the earldom by his elder son, Thomas.