His sister, Lady Louisa Elizabeth Craven, was married twice, first to Sir Frederick Johnstone, 7th Baronet, and secondly to Alexander Oswald, a Member of Parliament for Ayrshire.

He gave the architect W. Eden Nesfield his first important commission, which was to build a new wing to Combe Abbey.

[4] Craven was commissioned as a captain in the Royal Berkshire Militia on 14 February 1829, but resigned on 18 March 1831.

He was appointed Lord Lieutenant of Warwickshire in 1853, and held the office until 1856, when he resigned due to ill health.

[1] Lord Craven was the owner of the racehorse Charity which won the 1841 Grand National[7] and a pioneer of photography.