William Gibson-Craig
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Sir William Gibson Craig | |
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Member of Parliament for Edinburgh | |
In office 1841–1852 | |
Member of Parliament for Midlothian | |
In office 1837–1841 | |
Personal details | |
Born | 2 August 1797 |
Died | 12 March 1878 (aged 82) |
Political party | Whig |
Profession | Advocate, Politician |
Sir William Gibson Craig, 2nd Baronet FRSE (2 August 1797 – 12 March 1878), was a Scottish advocate and politician.
Life[]
He was born the first son of Sir James Gibson-Craig, 1st Baronet, and his wife, Anne Thomson. He was educated at the High School in Edinburgh and then privately in Yorkshire.[1]
William became an advocate in 1820. He was Lord Clerk Register and Keeper of the Signet from 1862 until his death. He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1863.[2]
He was the Member of Parliament for Midlothian from 1837 to 1841 and for Edinburgh from 1841 to 1852. He was a Junior Lord of the Treasury in Lord John Russell's government from 1846 to 1852.[2]
He became a member of the Highland Society in 1824. In 1828 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being Thomas Allan.
He lived in Riccarton House to the south-west of Edinburgh.[3]
Family[]
His younger brother, James Thomson Gibson-Craig WS (1799-1886) was also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.[1]
He was married to Betsy Vivian. They had six children.
One of his grandchildren was the philanthropist Dorothy Brooke.[2]
Publications[]
- On Howard's Wheel Plough
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b https://www.royalsoced.org.uk/cms/files/fellows/biographical_index/fells_indexp1.pdf
- ^ Jump up to: a b c Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd.
- ^ http://journals.cambridge.org/action/displayAbstract?fromPage=online&aid=8367042
External links[]
- Family papers held by Heriot-Watt University
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Gibson-Craig
- 1797 births
- 1878 deaths
- Members of the Faculty of Advocates
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Edinburgh constituencies
- Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
- Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
- Whig (British political party) MPs for Scottish constituencies
- UK MPs 1837–1841
- UK MPs 1841–1847
- UK MPs 1847–1852
- 19th-century Scottish people
- Scottish knights
- Paintings by Henry Raeburn