William Young Craig (May 1827 – 1924) was a mining engineer, colliery owner and Liberal politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1880 to 1885. Craig was the son of John Craig of

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, but was himself born at Haggerston, a village near

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, Northumberland. He became a mining engineer and a coal and ironstone proprietor in North Staffordshire. He was president of the North Staffordshire Institute of Mining and Mechanical Engineers in 1879 and 1880.Debretts House of Commons and the Judicial Bench 1881
/ref> At the 1880 general election Craig was elected Member of Parliament for North Staffordshire. He held the seat until 1885. In the 1880s he purchased the Brynkinalt colliery near

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. Craig died at Wrexham the age of 96.Office for National Statistics -GRO death indices Craig married Harriet Milton Stanney daughter of Captain Richard Stanney of the Isle of Wight in 1857. Their daughter Jean married

Sir Walter Palmer, 1st Baronet Sir Walter Palmer, 1st Baronet (4 February 1858 – 16 April 1910) was a biscuit manufacturer and Conservative Party politician who served in the House of Commons from 1900 to 1906. Palmer was born in Reading, Berkshire the son of George Palme ...

MP for Salisbury.

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* 1827 births 1924 deaths British mining engineers Liberal Party (UK) MPs for English constituencies UK MPs 1880–1885 British businesspeople in the coal industry {{England-Liberal-UK-MP-stub