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

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. He was the son of

James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon PC PC (NI) DL (8 January 1871 – 24 November 1940), was a leading Irish unionist and a key architect of Northern Ireland as a devolved region within the United Kingdom. During the Home Rule Crisis of 1 ...

, first

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and Cecil Mary Nowell Dering Craig. He succeeded to his father's peerage upon his death in 1940. He was educated at

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and served in the

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. He later worked as a Liaison and Entertainments Officer on the

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and the

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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:

Issue

* The Hon. Janitha Stormont Craig (born 31 August 1940) in 1965 married Gordon Robert MacInnes, eldest son of Robert Wood MacInnes, of

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and has issue. **Avila MacInnes (born 19 October 1967) **Córdova MacInnes (born 10 December 1972) **Jimena MacInnes (born 20 March 1975) * The Rt. Hon. Janric Fraser Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon * The Hon. Jacaranda Fiona Craig (born 8 January 1949) in 1972 married Dudley Francis Macdonald, of 26 Paroman Towers, George Street, London W1 and has issue. They divorced in 1983. **Toby James Francis Macdonald (born 19 August 1975) **Rose Carole Macdonald (born 18 January 1978)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Craigavon, James Craig, 2nd Viscount 1906 births 1974 deaths People educated at Eton College Ulster Scots people Viscounts in the Peerage of the United Kingdom