James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon

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James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon, was a British Unionist politician who became the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, serving from 1921 until his death in 1940.

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instanceOf Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
Unionist politician
human
member of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland
member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom
peer of the United Kingdom
politician
burialPlace Stormont Estate NERFINISHED
causeOfDeath heart attack
commemoratedBy statue at Parliament Buildings, Stormont
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
createdPeerageDate 1927
createdPeerageTitle Viscount Craigavon NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1871-01-08
dateOfDeath 1940-11-24
educatedAt Merchiston Castle School NERFINISHED
headOfGovernmentOf Northern Ireland NERFINISHED
honorificPrefix The Right Honourable
ideology British unionism
unionism
memberOf Ulster Unionist Council NERFINISHED
militaryBranch British Army
militaryService Second Boer War NERFINISHED
name James Craig NERFINISHED
nobleTitle 1st Viscount Craigavon NERFINISHED
notableFor leading Ulster unionist opposition to Irish Home Rule
role in the creation of Northern Ireland
numberOfChildren 3
officeEndTime 1940-11-24
officeStartTime 1921-06-07
placeOfBirth Belfast NERFINISHED
Sydenham, County Down NERFINISHED
placeOfDeath Stormont, Belfast NERFINISHED
politicalParty Ulster Unionist Party NERFINISHED
positionHeld Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland
Minister of Home Affairs of Northern Ireland
Prime Minister of Northern Ireland NERFINISHED
leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
precededBy office created
religion Presbyterian
surface form: Presbyterianism
representedConstituency Belfast East NERFINISHED
County Down in the Parliament of Northern Ireland
East Down NERFINISHED
Mid Down NERFINISHED
spouse Cecil Mary Nowell Dering Tupper NERFINISHED
succeededBy John Miller Andrews NERFINISHED

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James Craig alsoKnownAs James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon
Royal Belfast Academical Institution hasNotableAlumni James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon
James Craig honorificTitle James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon
this entity surface form: 1st Viscount Craigavon
Craigavon namedAfter James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon