Lady Beatrix Craven
(1842-1930)

Volume 1, page 155, sitting number 825.

Lady Beatrix Jane Craven was born on 8 August 1844, the fourth daughter of William Craven, 2nd Earl of Craven, and his wife Lady Emily Mary née Grimston. On 16 May 1865 she married George Henry Cadogan, the eldest son of the 4th Earl of Cadogan. The marriage produced nine children. Her husband succeeded his father on 8 June 1873 and thenceforth Lady Beatrix was styled Countess Cadogan.

She died on 9 February 1907, aged 62, at Culford Hall in Suffolk.

'We regret to announce the death of the Countess Cadogan, which took place on Saturday at Culford Hall, Earl Cadogan's seat at Bury St Edmund's. The countess had been ill for some time. By Lady Cadogan's death, at the age of 62, English society has lost a brilliant leader. She was one of the six [sic] beautiful daughters of the Earl of Craven, and, as the wife of Lord Cadogan, was one of the most distinguished of hostesses, her reign at Dublin, when her husband was Lord-Lieutenant of Ireland, being notably magnificent. Her ladyship enjoyed the friendship of the late Queen Victoria, and the present King and Queen. Her interest in charities was widespread, and she was a splendid sportswoman' (Nottingham Evening Post, 11 February 1907).