The Craik Baronetcy, of

Kennoway Kennoway is a village in Fife, Scotland, near the larger population centres in the area of Leven and Methil. It had an estimated population of in . It is about three miles inland from the Firth of Forth, north of Leven. This position gave it i ...

in the

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, was a title in the

Baronetage of the United Kingdom Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) James I of E ...

. It was created on 27 January 1926 for the politician Sir Henry Craik, KCB, PC. The title became extinct in 1955 on the death of his younger son, the 3rd Baronet.

Incumbents

Sir Henry Craik, 1st Baronet Sir Henry Craik, 1st Baronet, (18 October 1846 – 16 March 1927) was a Scottish Unionist politician. He was appointed as a junior examiner of the Committee of Council on Education in 1871 and promoted, in 1878, to the position of Senior ...

(1846–1927) *Sir George Lillie Craik, MC, 2nd Baronet (1874–1929) * Sir Henry Duffield Craik, KCSI 3rd Baronet (1876–1955), Governor of the Punjab 1938–41

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Craik Extinct baronetcies in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom