William Gibson-Craig

William Gibson-Craig

Sir William Gibson Craig, 2nd Baronet (2 August 1797 – 12 March 1878), was a Scottish Advocate and politician.

The eldest son of Sir James Gibson-Craig, 1st Baronet, 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.

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.

References

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External links

* [http://www.hw.ac.uk/archive/html/gibsoncraig.html Family papers held by Heriot-Watt University]


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