James Craig

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James Craig was a prominent Northern Irish politician who became the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and a leading figure in the unionist movement.

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instanceOf Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
human
politician
unionist politician
alsoKnownAs James Craig, 1st Viscount Craigavon
birthDate 1871-01-08
birthPlace Sydenham, County Down, Ireland
countryOfCitizenship Ireland (before partition)
linked to: Ireland

United Kingdom
deathDate 1940-11-24
deathPlace Stormont, Belfast, Northern Ireland
ethnicGroup Ulster Scots
linked to: Scots
familyName Craig
founded Ulster Unionist Council (as a key organizer)
givenName James
honorificTitle 1st Viscount Craigavon
marriageDate 1905-03-09
memberOfPoliticalParty Conservative and Unionist Party (UK)
Irish Unionist Party
Ulster Unionist Party
militaryBranch British Army
militaryRank captain
militaryService Second Boer War
monument statue at Stormont, Belfast
name James Craig
notableFor being the first Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
leadership of Ulster unionism
notableWork leadership in the establishment of the Parliament of Northern Ireland
numberOfChildren 3
occupation politician
stockbroker
officeEndTime 1940-11-24
officeStartTime 1921-06-07
participatedIn Ulster Covenant campaign
linked to: Ulster Covenant

opposition to Irish Home Rule
placeOfBurial Stormont Estate, Belfast
politicalAlignment unionism
politicalIdeology British unionism
positionHeld Member of Parliament of the United Kingdom
Member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland
Minister for Finance (Northern Ireland)
Parliamentary Secretary to the Admiralty
Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
religion Presbyterianism
representedInParliament Down (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency)
East Down (UK Parliament constituency)
Mid Down (UK Parliament constituency)
residence Stormont, Belfast
spouse Cecil Mary Nowell Dering Tupper

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