THOMAS BEACH (1738-1806) A portrait of William Craven, 6th Baron Craven
depicted three-quarter length, his right hand resting on a cane and his left in his pocket, wearing a powdered wig 'en queue' and a blue silk waistcoat under his pale green jacket, oil on canvas, 127cm x 100cm
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£4,000 - £6,000
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£7,000 |
Bidding ended. Lot has been sold.
William Craven, 6th Baron Craven (1738– 1791) was
an English nobleman. He was the son of Rev John Craven
of Staunton Lacy, Shropshire and succeeded his uncle, William Craven,
as Baron Craven in 1769. In 1775, he built Benham Park at
the site of Benham Valence in Speen, Berkshire where he lived with his
wife, Lady Elizabeth Berkeley. The marriage, however, was not a success.
Both Elizabeth and her husband indulged in affairs, notably Elizabeth’s
scandalous liaison with the French ambassador, the Count of Guines, in 1773,
which even made it into the pages of the Morning Chronicle. Eventually
Elizabeth left him in 1780 to travel in Europe. They had issue of three sons
and four daughters. After his death on 27 September 1791 at age 53
in Lausanne, Switzerland, she married the Margrave of Anspach.
It was Lord Craven who, in 1780, built the original Cottage at what is now
an English Premier League stadium Craven Cottage, Fulham.
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