James Craig, 2nd Viscount Craigavon

The Viscount Craigavon
Picture of James Craig
Portrait of James Craig, 1939
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
In office
25 November 1940 – 18 May 1974
Hereditary Peerage
Preceded byThe 1st Viscount Craigavon
Succeeded byThe 3rd Viscount Craigavon
Personal details
Born2 March 1906
Died18 May 1974 (aged 68)
SpouseAngela Tatchell
Children8

James Craig, 2nd Viscount Craigavon (2 March 1906 – 18 May 1974), was a British hereditary peer who sat in the House of Lords.

He was the son of James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and Cecil Mary Nowell Dering Craig. He succeeded to his father's peerage upon his death in 1940.

He was educated at Eton College and served in the Royal Navy. He later worked as a Liaison and Entertainments Officer[1] on the Orient Line and the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company on its Liner, Cruise and Round World Voyages. Lord Craigavon was married to Angela Fiona Tatchell (daughter of Percy Tatchell, MRCS) (1918-2007) and had three children:

  1. ^ Passenger List and General Information. London: Orient Line. 12 September 1956. p. 1.

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