Gibson-Craig baronets

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The Gibson-Craig, later Gibson-Craig-Carmichael baronetcy, of Riccarton in the County of Midlothian, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 30 September 1831 for James Gibson-Craig, of 7 North St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, a Scottish lawyer and government official, formerly a supporter of Charles James Fox. Born James Gibson, he assumed the additional surname of Craig in 1818. [1] [2] [3]

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The 2nd Baronet was a Liberal politician and represented Midlothian and Edinburgh in the House of Commons. [4] The 5th Baronet succeeded his kinsman as 12th Baronet of Keirhill in 1926 and assumed the additional surname of Carmichael.

Gibson-Craig, later Gibson-Craig-Carmichael baronets, of Riccarton (1831)

See Gibson-Craig-Carmichael baronets for further succession.

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Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 Foster, Joseph (1883). The Baronetage and Knightage of the British Empire. Westminster: Nichols and Sons. p. 251.
  2. "Edinburgh Post Office annual directory, 1832-1833". National Library of Scotland. p. 42. Retrieved 2018-02-16.
  3. Macleod, Emma Vincent. "Craig, Sir James Gibson, first baronet (1765–1850)". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/6571.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  4. Burke's Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Peerage, Baronetage and Knightage. Burke's Peerage Limited. 1885. p. 332.
  5. "Gibson-Craig, Sir James Henry" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. "Gibson-Craig, Sir Archibald Charles" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  7. "Gibson-Craig-Carmichael, Captain Sir Henry Thomas" . Who's Who . A & C Black.(Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  8. "Search Results, CWGC". cwgc.org. Retrieved 2021-08-04.
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