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 examiner until 1885. In this year Scotland got an independent Committee of Council on Education known as the Scotch Education Department. Craik was appointed as its secretary, a post he held from 1885 to 1904.Supplement to the London Gazette Issue 33119 published on 29 December 1925. Page 2 of 12 In October 1901 he received a degree in law ( LL.D.) from the

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. He was an elected

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(MP) for Glasgow and Aberdeen Universities from 1906 to

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, and for the Combined Scottish Universities from 1918 until his death in 1927. He was made a

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(CB) in 1888, and promoted to Knight Commander (KCB) in 1897. He was made a

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in 1918, and in the

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1926, he was made a baronet, of

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, in the County of

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.London Gazette Issue 33131 published on 9 February 1926. Page 4 of 82

Family

Craik was born on 18 October 1846 in Glasgow. Son of the Rev. James Craik, D.D., a prominent clergyman and Moderator of the Church of Scotland. He married on 17 December 1873 to Fanny Esther Duffield, daughter of Charles Duffield. They had two children: George Lillie (1874–1929) and Henry Duffield (1876–1955).ThePeerage.com: Sir Henry Craik, 1st Bt.
/ref> Craik died on 16th March 1927 and was buried on the western side of

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. George succeeded his father in the baronetcy and died two years later. He was succeeded by his brother Henry, who was Governor of the

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from 1938 to 1941.

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