Viscount Craigavon, of Stormont in the County of Down, is a title in the

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. It was created in 1927 for Sir James Craig, 1st Baronet, the

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. He had already been created a

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, 'of Craigavon, in the County of Down' in 1918. , the titles are held by his grandson, the third Viscount, who succeeded his father in 1974. He is one of the ninety elected

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s that remain in the

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after the passing of the

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, and sits as a

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. The family seat was Craigavon House at Sydenham in the County Down portion of

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Viscounts Craigavon (1927)

James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon PC PC (NI) DL (8 January 1871 – 24 November 1940), was a leading Irish unionist and a key architect of Northern Ireland as a devolved region within the United Kingdom. During the Home Rule Crisis of 1 ...

(1871–1940) * James Craig, 2nd Viscount Craigavon (1906–1974) * Janric Fraser Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon (born 1944) There is no heir to the titles.

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*Kidd, Charles & Williamson, David (editors). ''Debrett's Peerage and Baronetage'' (1990 edition). New York: St Martin's Press, 1990, * {{DEFAULTSORT:Craigavon Viscountcies in the Peerage of the United Kingdom Noble titles created in 1927 Noble titles created for UK MPs