Craig Baronets
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There have been two Baronetcies created for persons with the surname Craig, both in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom.

The Craig Baronetcy, of Craigavon, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 5 February 1918. For more information on this creation, see the Viscount Craigavon
Viscount Craigavon
Viscount Craigavon, of Stormont in the County of Down, is a title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1927 for Sir James Craig, 1st Baronet, the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. He had already been created a Baronet in 1918. the titles are held by his grandson, the third...

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The Craig Baronetcy, of Alsager in the County of Chester, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 1 July 1927 for Ernest Craig
Ernest Craig
Sir Ernest Craig, 1st Baronet was a British Conservative Party politician.He was elected as Member of Parliament for the Crewe division of Cheshire at a by-election in July 1912 after the death of his Liberal predecessor, Walter McLaren...

, Conservative
Conservative Party (UK)
The Conservative Party, formally the Conservative and Unionist Party, is a centre-right political party in the United Kingdom that adheres to the philosophies of conservatism and British unionism. It is the largest political party in the UK, and is currently the largest single party in the House...

 Member of Parliament
Member of Parliament
A Member of Parliament is a representative of the voters to a :parliament. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, the term applies specifically to members of the lower house, as upper houses often have a different title, such as senate, and thus also have different titles for its members,...

 for Crewe
Crewe (UK Parliament constituency)
Crewe was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1983. It elected one Member of Parliament by the first past the post system of election....

from 1912 to 1918 and 1924 to 1929. The title became extinct on his death in 1933.
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