George Grimston Craven, 3rd Earl of Craven (16 March 1841 – 7 December 1883) was a British peer.

Early life

Craven was born on 16 March 1841. He was the eldest surviving son born to William Craven, 2nd Earl of Craven and his wife, the former Lady Emily Mary Grimston (1815–1901). His paternal grandparents were William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven (the eldest son of William Craven, 6th Baron Craven, and his wife Lady Elizabeth Berkeley, who married Charles Alexander, Margrave of Brandenburg-Ansbach after Baron Craven's death) and his wife, Louisa, Countess of Craven, an English former actress. His maternal grandparents were James Grimston, 1st Earl of Verulam and Lady Charlotte Jenkinson (the daughter of Charles Jenkinson, 1st Earl of Liverpool).

Career

He inherited the earldom on 25 August 1866 following the death of his father. His mother survived her husband, and George, by more than 30 years, living until her death in London on 21 May 1901. Lord Craven served as Lord Lieutenant of Berkshire between 1881 and 1883.

Personal life

On 17 January 1867, Lord Craven married Lady Evelyn Laura Barrington (1848–1924), the second daughter and co-heiress of George Barrington, 7th Viscount Barrington and the former Isabel Elizabeth Morritt (only child of John Morritt of Rokeby Park). Together, they were the parents of six children, including: Lord Craven died on 7 December 1883. He was succeeded by his eldest son, who was only fourteen years old.

Descendants

Through his eldest son, he was a grandfather of William Craven, 5th Earl of Craven. Through his second son, an electrical engineer who eventually cut timber in Uganda before a 1912 bankruptcy, he was a grandfather of Lt. Commander Rupert José Evelyn Craven RN (b. 1926), the current heir presumptive to the Earldom of Craven.

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