Craven family

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The Craven family is a British noble lineage that has held the title of Earl of Craven and played a longstanding role in the aristocracy of the United Kingdom.

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Craven family canonical 5

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British noble family
associatedWithCounty Berkshire
Warwickshire
associatedWithEstate Ashdown House, Berkshire
Combe Abbey, Warwickshire
linked to: Coombe Abbey
coatOfArms Arms of Craven family
country United Kingdom
familyNameDerivedFrom Craven (historic district in Yorkshire)
linked to: Craven district
hasFamilySeat Ashdown House, Oxfordshire
linked to: Ashdown House

Combe Abbey
hasHereditaryTitle Baron
Earl
hasMotto Virtus in actione consistit (attributed to the family)
hasNotableMember Benjamin Robert Joseph Craven, 9th Earl of Craven
George Grimston Craven, 3rd Earl of Craven
Simon George Craven, 7th Earl of Craven
William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven
William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven (1770–1825)
William Craven, 2nd Earl of Craven
William George Bradley Craven, 5th Earl of Craven
William George Robert Craven, 4th Earl of Craven
William Robert Bradley Craven, 6th Earl of Craven
hasSubsidiaryTitle Baron Craven
Viscount Uffington
historicalRole Landowning aristocracy in England
languageOfFamilyName English
nobilityStatus Peerage of England
Peerage of the United Kingdom
nobleRank Earl
nobleTitleHeld Earl of Craven
notableFor Longstanding role in British aristocracy
Military and court service in the 17th century
Service at the court of the House of Stuart
originRegion England
peerageJurisdiction England
United Kingdom
politicalSphere British aristocracy
religiousTradition Anglicanism (historically predominant)
socialClass British peerage
titleCreation Earl of Craven (first creation, 1664)
linked to: Earl of Craven

Earl of Craven (second creation, 1801)
linked to: Earl of Craven

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