Janric Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon

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 by	The 2nd Viscount Craigavon
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
Incumbent
as an elected hereditary peer 11 November 1999
Election	1999
Preceded by	Seat established
Personal details
Born	(1944-06-09) 9 June 1944 (age 80)
Political party	Crossbench

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

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

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.

• "DodOnline". Archived from the original on 8 February 2007. Retrieved 7 February 2007.

External links

• Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Viscount Craigavon

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by James Craig	Viscount Craigavon 1974–present Member of the House of Lords (1974–1999)	Incumbent
Parliament of the United Kingdom
New office created by the House of Lords Act 1999	Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords under the House of Lords Act 1999 1999–present	Incumbent