His maternal aunt, Constance Mary Barrington, was married to Lawrence Palk, 2nd Baron Haldon.

[2] In 1911, he was appointed Captain of the Yeomen of the Guard in the Liberal administration of Prime Minister H. H. Asquith, a post he held until 1915.

[3] On 18 April 1893, Lord Craven, then twenty-four years old, married sixteen-year-old Cornelia Martin (1877–1961) at Grace Church, New York City.

[7] The marriage brought him property in Mayfair and paid for the renovation of Coombe Abbey, his family estate in Warwickshire which got a new roof, structural repairs, and its first electric lights.

Together, they were the parents of: In 1921, whilst racing at Cowes Week, and although a strong swimmer, Lord Craven fell overboard from his yacht Sylvia off the Isle of Wight and drowned at age 52.