Background
Berkeley was the seventh son of Frederick Berkeley, 5th Earl of Berkeley, and Mary, daughter of William Cole.
Berkeley was the seventh son of Frederick Berkeley, 5th Earl of Berkeley, and Mary, daughter of William Cole.
He was the younger brother of William Berkeley, 1st Earl FitzHardinge, Maurice Berkeley, 1st Baron FitzHardinge and Henry FitzHardinge Berkeley (born to the same mother but declared illegitimate according to a decision by the House of Lords) and also of the Honorary Grantley Berkeley.
Craven entered Parliament for Cheltenham in 1832, a seat he held until 1847. Berkeley was elected in his place in June 1848 but his election was declared void two months later.
In 1852 he was again successfully returned for the constituency, and held the seat until his death three years later.
Berkeley married firstly Augusta, daughter of Sir Horace Street Paul, 1st Baronet and widow of George Henry Talbot, in 1839. They had one daughter.
Berkeley died in July 1855, aged 50. Charlotte Berkeley died in January 1897.
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