Janric Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon

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Janric Fraser Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon (9 June 1944 – 31 March 2025) was a British peer and chartered accountant. He was one of the 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999; he sat as a crossbencher.

The son of the 2nd Viscount Craigavon, he was born into a famous Ulster family and was educated at Eton College, Berkshire, and at the University of London, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science. In 1974, he succeeded to his father's titles. Lord Craigavon was a member of the Executive Committee of the Anglo-Austrian Society. He was made a Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland in 1998, a Commander of the Swedish Royal Order of the Polar Star in the following year and a Knight of the Danish Order of the Dannebrog in 2006.

Craig was a onetime trustee of the Progress Educational Trust, and was later an adviser for the Trust. He was a patron of Humanists UK, sitting in the Parliamentary Humanists group.[1]

Craig died on 31 March 2025, at the age of 80.[2] His title became extinct upon his death.

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Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Viscount Craigavon
1974–2025
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Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords
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