Baron Craven of Ryton

Baron Craven of Ryton

Baron Craven of Ryton was a title in the Peerage of England. It was created on 21 March 1643 for John Craven, 1st Baron Craven and the barony became extinct on his death in 1648. The Ryton of the title is Ryton, Shropshire.cite web|last=Archer | first=Ian W. | title=Craven, Sir William (c.1545–1618) | work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | date=2008 | publisher=Oxford University Press | format=Online for subscribers, also in print| url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6635 | accessdate=2008-08-21]

John Craven, 1st Baron Craven, (baptised 10 June 1610 at St Andrew Undershaft, London) was the son of William Craven, Lord Mayor of London in 1610. He married Elizabeth, daughter of William Spencer, 2nd Baron Spencer of Wormleighton and grand-daughter of Henry Wriothesley, 3rd Earl of Southampton, in 1643 but he died childless. He was elected Member of Parliament in the Long Parliament for Tewkesbury in November 1640 in an election which was declared void on 6 August 1641. John Craven's elder brother was William Craven, 1st Earl of Craven (1608–1697).

Barons Craven of Ryton (1643)

*John Craven, 1st Baron Craven of Ryton (c. 1610-1648)

ee also

*Earl of Craven

References

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Further reading

*cite web|last=Archer | first=Ian W. | title=Craven, Sir William (c.1545–1618) | work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography | date=2008 | publisher=Oxford University Press | format=Online for subscribers, also in print| url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/6635 | accessdate=2008-08-21 "(includes substantial section on John Craven, 1st Baron Craven, son of Sir William)"


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