William George Bradley Craven, 5th Earl of Craven

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William George Bradley Craven, 5th Earl of Craven (31 July 1897 – 15 September 1932) was a British peer.

Biography

Craven was born at Combe Abbey, Warwickshire, the son of William Craven, 4th Earl of Craven and his American wife, Cornelia Martin, only daughter of Bradley Martin and his wife Cornelia, who were famed as the hosts of the Bradley-Martin Ball.

On 14 October 1916 he married Mary Williamina George, daughter of William George, the town clerk of Invergordon.

Their son William Robert Bradley Craven was born 8 September 1917.

He served as a lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion Hampshire Regiment, and was wounded when serving with them in World War I.

He inherited the earldom upon the accidental drowning of his father William Craven, 4th Earl of Craven on 9 July 1921.

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.

His wife survived him by 42 years, dying in 1974.