Viscount Craigavon Explained

Viscount Craigavon, of Stormont in the County of Down, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. 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, 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 hereditary peers that remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999, and sits as a crossbencher.

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

Viscounts Craigavon (1927)

There is no heir to the titles.

Arms

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.[1]
Motto:Charity Provokes Charity

References

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Grants and Confirmations of Arms Volume M . 202 . National Library of Ireland . 24 August 2022.