William Craven, 6th Baron Craven, by Francis Cotes (1726–1770)
William Craven, 6th Baron Craven (11 September 1738 – 26 September 1791) was an English nobleman and a landowner.
Biography
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He was the son of Revd John Craven, Vicar of Stanton Lacy, Shropshire (1708–1752), and his wife, Mary Rebecca Hickes (1714–1791), daughter of Rev. Baptist Hickes. He succeeded his uncle, William Craven, as Baron Craven in 1769.
^ abEmma Elizabeth Thoyts, History of the Royal Berkshire Militia (Now 3rd Battalion Royal Berks Regiment), Sulhamstead, Berks, 1897/Scholar Select, ISBN 978-1-37645405-5, pp. 245–6, 270–1.
^A Genealogical and Heraldic Dictionary of the Peerage and Baronetage of the British Empire. p. 252.