| The Right HonourableSir William Gibson Craig | |
|---|---|
.png) Portrait by Henry Raeburn | |
| 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, PC, FRSE (2 August 1797 – 12 March 1878), was a Scottish advocate and politician, who held the important position of Lord Clerk Register for Scotland.
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.
William became an advocate in 1820. 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 was the Member of Parliament for Midlothian representing the Whig party 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.
He was Lord Clerk Register and Keeper of the Signet from 1862 until his death. He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1863.
He lived in Riccarton House to the south-west of Edinburgh. This huge Gothic mansion was demolished in the 20th century and now serves as the Riccarton Campus serving Heriot Watt University.
Family
His younger brother, James Thomson Gibson-Craig WS (1799–1886) was also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.
He was married to Betsy Vivian. They had six children.
One of his grandchildren was the philanthropist Dorothy Brooke.
Publications
- On Howard's Wheel Plough
References
- ^ C D Waterston; A Macmillan Shearer (July 2006). Former Fellows of The Royal Society of Edinburgh, 1783–2002: Part 1 (A–J) (PDF). Royal Society of Edinburgh. ISBN 090219884X. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 January 2013. Retrieved 18 September 2015.
- ^ Mosley, Charles, ed. (2003). Burke's Peerage, Baronetage & Knightage (107 ed.). Burke's Peerage (Genealogical Books) Ltd.
- "List of the Ordinary Fellows of the Society". Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. 26 (1): xi–xiii. 1870. doi:10.1017/S008045680002648X. S2CID 251579034.
- Buildings of Scotland: Lothian by Colin McWilliam
External links
- "Gibson-Craig Estate". Heriot-Watt University.
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by William Gibson-Craig
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded bySir George Clerk, Bt | Member of Parliament for Midlothian 1837–1841 |
Succeeded byWilliam Ramsay Ramsay |
| Preceded bySir John Campbell Thomas Babington Macaulay |
Member of Parliament for Edinburgh 1841–1852 With: Thomas Babington Macaulay to 1847 Charles Cowan from 1847 |
Succeeded byThomas Babington Macaulay Charles Cowan |
| Political offices | ||
| Preceded byHenry Bingham Baring William Cripps Swynford Carnegie Ralph Neville |
Junior Lord of the Treasury 1846–1852 |
Succeeded byMarquess of Chandos The Lord Henry Lennox Thomas Bateson |
| Preceded byMarquess of Dalhousie | Lord Clerk Register 1862–1878 |
Succeeded byEarl of Glasgow |
| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
| Preceded byJames Gibson Craig | Baronet (of Carmichael) 1850–1878 |
Succeeded byJames Gibson Craig |
- 1797 births
- 1878 deaths
- Nobility from Edinburgh
- Members of the Faculty of Advocates
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Edinburgh constituencies
- Gibson-Craig baronets
- Gibson-Craig family
- 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