Viscount Craigavon
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1st Viscount Craigavon
Viscount Craigavon, of Stormont in the County of Down, was a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom.[1] It was created in 1927 for Sir James Craig, 1st Baronet, the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. He had already been created a baronet, 'of Craigavon,Template:Efn in the County of Down' in 1918.[2] The titles were last held by his grandson, the third Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1974. He was one of the ninety elected hereditary peers that remained in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, and sat as a crossbencher. The title became extinct upon the 3rd Viscount's death.
The family seat was Craigavon House at Sydenham in the County Down portion of Belfast.
Viscounts Craigavon (1927)
- James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon (1871–1940)
- James Craig, 2nd Viscount Craigavon (1906–1974)
- Janric Fraser Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon (1944–2025)
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- Kidd, Charles & Williamson, David (editors). Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
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