About Robert Craven
Lived 1674 – 1710 (aged 35). Robert Craven was a British politician.
Robert Craven (3 December 1674 – 15 November 1710) was a British Tory politician, elected MP for Coventry in 1710.
Craven was the fourth son of Sir William Craven and his wife Margaret Clapham, daughter of Sir Christopher Clapham. Craven's oldest brother William Craven succeeded as the 2nd Baron Craven in 1697.
He matriculated at Christ Church, Oxford in 1693, and entered the Middle Temple in 1696.
Having stood unsuccessfully at Coventry in 1708, Craven was elected MP for Coventry in 1710, coming top of the poll. However, before the new House of Commons assembled, he contracted smallpox, from which he died on 15 November 1710. He was buried at Binley, Coventry.
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British Member of Parliament (1674-1710)
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Robert Craven was born on 3 December 1674.
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Robert Craven died on 15 November 1710.
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