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Janric Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon

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The Right Honourable
The Viscount Craigavon
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
as a hereditary peer
18 May 1974 – 11 November 1999
Preceded byThe 2nd Viscount Craigavon
Succeeded bySeat abolished
Incumbent
as an elected hereditary peer
11 November 1999
Election1999
Preceded bySeat established
Personal details
Born (1944-06-09) 9 June 1944 (age 80)
Political partyCrossbench

Janric Fraser Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon (born 9 June 1944), is a British peer and chartered accountant. He is 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 sits 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 is 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 is a former trustee of the Progress Educational Trust, and is now an advisor for the Trust. He is a patron of Humanists UK, sitting in the Parliamentary Humanists group.[1]

Arms

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Coat of arms of Janric Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon
Notes
Coat of arms of the Craig family
Crest
A demi-lion rampant per fess Gules and Sable holding in the dexter paw a mullet Or.
Escutcheon
Gules a fess Ermine between three bridges of as many arches Proper.
Supporters
Dexter a Constable of the Ulster Special Constabulary his hand resting on a rifle Proper sinister a Private of the Royal Ulster Rifles armed and accoutred also Proper.[2]
Motto
Charity Provokes Charity

References

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  1. ^ "The Viscount Craigavon". Humanists UK. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
  2. ^ "Grants and Confirmations of Arms Volume M". National Library of Ireland. p. 202. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
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Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Viscount Craigavon
1974–present
Member of the House of Lords
(1974–1999) 		Incumbent
Parliament of the United Kingdom
New office
 Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords
under the House of Lords Act 1999
1999–present 		Incumbent


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