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The title of Earl of Craven was created in the Peerage of the United Kingdom in 1801 and in the Peerage of England in 1664, the latter title becoming extinct at the death of the first holder.The Earl bears the subsidiary titles of Viscount Uffington ( 1801) in the Peerage of the UK and Baron Craven ( 1626) in the Peerage of England.
1 Earls of Craven, First Creation ( 1664)
- William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven ( 1608- 1697)
2 Barons Craven ( 1665)
- William Craven, 1st Earl Craven, 1st Baron Craven ( 1608- 1697)
- William Craven, 2nd Baron Craven ( 1668- 1711)
- William Craven, 3rd Baron Craven ( 1700- 1739)
- Fulwar Craven, 4th Baron Craven (d. 1764)
- William Craven, 5th Baron Craven ( 1705- 1769)
- William Craven, 6th Baron Craven ( 1738Events April 15 - Premiere in London of Serse an Italian opera by George Frideric Handel. November 13 Ratification of the Treaty of Vienna The excavation of Herculaneum, a Roman city buried by Vesuvius in AD 79, begins. John and Charles Wesley form the Me- 1791Events January 25 The British Parliament passes the Constitutional Act of 1791, splitting the old province of Quebec into Upper and Lower Canada March 3 The United States Congress passes a resolution calling for the establishment of the United States Mint)
- William Craven, 7th Baron Craven ( 1770Events March 5 Boston Massacre: 5 Americans killed by British troops in an event that would help start the American Revolutionary War 5 years later. May 14 Marie Antoinette arrives to French Court. May 16 14-year old Marie Antoinette marries 15-year old L- 1825Events January 4 King Ferdinand I of the Two Sicilies dies and is succeeded by his son Francis I of the Two Sicilies. February 9 After no presidential candidate received a majority of electoral votes, the United States House of Representatives elects John) (became Earl of Craven in 1801)
3 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 ( 1957- 1983)
- Simon George Craven, 8th Earl of Craven ( 1961- 1990)
- Benjamin Robert Joseph Craven, 9th Earl of Craven (b. 1989)
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