Janric Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon

The Right Honourable
The Viscount Craigavon
The Right Honourable The Viscount Craigavon
Member of the House of Lords
	Lord Temporal
	as a hereditary peer; 18 May 1974 – 11 November 1999
Preceded by	The 2nd Viscount Craigavon
Succeeded by	Seat abolished
	as an elected hereditary peer; 11 November 1999 – 31 March 2025
Preceded by	Seat established
Personal details
Born	9 June 1944
Died	31 March 2025 (aged 80)
Political party	Crossbench

Janric Fraser Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon (9 June 1944 – 31 March 2025) was a British peer and chartered accountant. He was one of the 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999; he sat as a crossbencher.

The son of the 2nd Viscount Craigavon, he was born into a famous Ulster family and was educated at Eton College, Berkshire, and at the University of London, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science. In 1974, he succeeded to his father's titles. Lord Craigavon was a member of the Executive Committee of the Anglo-Austrian Society. He was made a Commander of the Order of the Lion of Finland in 1998, a Commander of the Swedish Royal Order of the Polar Star in the following year and a Knight of the Danish Order of the Dannebrog in 2006.

Craig was a onetime trustee of the Progress Educational Trust, and was later an adviser for the Trust. He was a patron of Humanists UK, sitting in the Parliamentary Humanists group.^[1]

Craig died on 31 March 2025, at the age of 80.^[2] His title became extinct upon his death.

Arms

Coat of arms of Janric Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon
	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.^[3] Motto Charity Provokes Charity

Notes

^ ^a ^b Pursuant to the House of Lords Act 1999.

References

^ "The Viscount Craigavon". Humanists UK. Retrieved 25 September 2021.
^ "Viscount Craigavon". Retrieved 1 April 2025.
^ "Grants and Confirmations of Arms Volume M". National Library of Ireland. p. 202. Retrieved 24 August 2022.

Sources

"DodOnline". Archived from the original on 8 February 2007. Retrieved 7 February 2007.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by the Viscount Craigavon

Peerage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by James Craig	Viscount Craigavon 1974–2025 Member of the House of Lords (1974–1999)	Extinct
Parliament of the United Kingdom
New office created by the House of Lords Act 1999	Elected hereditary peer to the House of Lords under the House of Lords Act 1999 1999–2025	Vacant

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[hla1999-1] Pursuant to the House of Lords Act 1999.

[2] "The Viscount Craigavon". Humanists UK. Retrieved 25 September 2021.

[3] "Viscount Craigavon". Retrieved 1 April 2025.

[4] "Grants and Confirmations of Arms Volume M". National Library of Ireland. p. 202. Retrieved 24 August 2022.

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