Lieutenant Commander Rupert Craven, RN, who died 11 May, 2025, aged 99, was a scion of the Earls of Craven and heir presumptive to the peerage.
He was born 22 March, 1926, son of Major the Hon Rupert Cecil Craven (1870-1959), and his wife Josephine Marguerite Reixach y Gisbert (died 13 Apr, 1971), widow of Capt Charles Banbury (1877-1914), scion of the Barons Banbury of Southam.
Rupert was a half-brother of the 2nd Baron Banbury of Southam (1915-1981).
He married firstly, 22 Oct, 1955, Margaret Campbell Smith (who died 1985); and married 2ndly, 4 July, 2000, Susan Lilian Margaret Eaton (who died 2019). He leaves no issue.
The current 9th Earl of Craven (born 13 June, 1989), is the last of his line.
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