William George Bradley Craven, 5th Earl of Craven was a British peer.
Background
Craven was born at Combe Abbey, Warwickshire, the son of William Craven, 4th Earl of Craven and his American wife, Cornelia Martin, only daughter of Bradley Martin and his wife Cornelia, who were famed as the hosts of the Bradley-Martin Balliol
Career
Their son William Robert Bradley Craven was born 8 September 1917. He served as a lieutenant in the 3rd Battalion Hampshire Regiment, and was wounded when serving with them in World War I.
He inherited the earldom upon the accidental drowning of his father William Craven, 4th Earl of Craven on 9 July 1921.