William Craven 5th Earl Craven 1897-1932

On 18th April 1893 [his father] William Craven 4th Earl Craven [aged 24] and [his mother] Cornelia Martin Countess Craven [aged 21] were married at Grace Church Manhattan. She an heiress bringing an allowance of $75000 per year and property in Mayfair. He the son of [his grandfather] George Grimston Craven 3rd Earl Craven.

On 31st July 1897 William Craven 5th Earl Craven was born to William Craven 4th Earl Craven [aged 28] and Cornelia Martin Countess Craven [aged 25].

On 14th October 1911 William Craven 5th Earl Craven [aged 14] and Mary Williamina George Countess Craven were married. He the son of William Craven 4th Earl Craven [aged 42] and Cornelia Martin Countess Craven [aged 40].

On 8th September 1917 [his son] William Craven 6th Earl Craven was born to William Craven 5th Earl Craven [aged 20] and [his wife] Mary Williamina George Countess Craven.

On 10th July 1921 [his father] William Craven 4th Earl Craven [aged 52] drowned having fallen overboard during Cowes Week. His body washed ashore two days later. His son William [aged 23] succeeded 5th Earl Craven in Yorkshire, 5th Viscount Uffington, 11th Baron Craven of Hamstead Marshall in Berkshire. [his wife] Mary Williamina George Countess Craven by marriage Countess Craven in Yorkshire.

In 1922 William Craven 5th Earl Craven [aged 24] was named in the divorce suit between George Cathcart, 5th Earl Cathcart [aged 59] and Lady Cathcart [aged 29], the former Vera Estelle Warter. Lord Cathcart obtained a "decree dissolving his marriage with Lady Cathcart, upon proof being given of her indiscretions with the Earl of Craven".

Around 1924 William Craven 5th Earl Craven [aged 26] and Vera Estelle Fraser Countess Cathcart [aged 31] travelled together to her homeland South Adrica. In 1925 [his wife] Mary Williamina George Countess Craven sued for divorce. It isn't clear whether they were divorced?

On 15th September 1932 William Craven 5th Earl Craven [aged 35] died of peritonitis at Pau, France. His son William [aged 15] succeeded 6th Earl Craven in Yorkshire, 6th Viscount Uffington, 12th Baron Craven of Hamstead Marshall in Berkshire.

In 1974 [his former wife] Mary Williamina George Countess Craven died.