Janric Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon

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 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 [a]
as an elected hereditary peer 11 November 1999 – 31 March 2025
Preceded by	Seat established [a]
Personal details
Born	(1944-06-09)9 June 1944
Died	31 March 2025(2025-03-31) (aged 80)
Political party	Crossbench

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

1. Pursuant to the House of Lords Act 1999.