Fulwar Craven, 4th Baron Craven
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Fulwar Craven, 4th Baron Craven (d. November 10, 1764), was an English nobleman and sportsman.
He was educated at Rugby School and Magdalen College, Oxford. He became High Steward of Newbury, and was about to stand for Parliament for Berkshire when his brother William's death in 1739 brought him the Barony of Craven.
He was famously fond of racing and hunting, keeping his own stud of racehorses and founding a racecourse at Lambourn. He and his brother William founded the Craven Hunt, and he appears in James Seymour's 1743 A Kill at Ashdown Park, a picture owned by the Craven family until 1968.
Craven died in 1764 after a long illness, but continued to hunt until his death. He was buried at Hamstead, and being unmarried and childless, was succeeded by his nephew William.
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- Craven Country: the story of Hamstead Marshall. Retrieved on November 1, 2006.
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| Peerage of England | ||
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| Preceded by William Craven |
Baron Craven 1739–1764 |
Succeeded by William Craven |
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