Norman Craig

Lieutenant-Commander Norman Carlyle Craig KC (1868-1919), was the Conservative Member of Parliament for the Isle of Thanet from 1910 until his death in 1919.^[1]

Biography

Born on 15 November 1868, the son of William Simpson Craig, a doctor from Ham Common, Craig was educated at Bedford School and as a classical scholar at Peterhouse, Cambridge. He was called to the Bar in 1892, appointed King's Counsel in 1909, and as a Bencher of the Inner Temple in 1919.^[2]

In January 1910, he was elected as a Member of Parliament for the Isle of Thanet, being re-elected in 1918.

In 1912, he booked a passage to America on board the RMS Titanic. However, he cancelled his trip at the last minute and was not on board when the vessel sank on 15 April.^[3]

During the First World War he became a Sub-Lieutenant in the Royal Naval Reserve. He was subsequently promoted to the rank of Lieutenant-Commander in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve.

In 1918, Craig married Dorothy Stone of Hoylake. He was brother of the prominent psychiatrist Sir Maurice Craig.

Craig died on 14 October 1919.

References

^ The Times, Obituary, 25 October 1919
^ http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U195133/CRAIG_Lt-Comdr_Norman_Carlyle?index=2&results=QuicksearchResults&query=0
^ John Wilson Foster (1 January 2002). The Age of Titanic: Cross-currents in Anglo-American Culture. Merlin Pub. p. 139. ISBN 978-1-903582-37-4.

External links

Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Norman Craig

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Harry Hananel Marks	Member of Parliament for Isle of Thanet 1910–1919	Succeeded by Esmond Harmsworth

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[1] The Times, Obituary, 25 October 1919

[2] ttp://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whowaswho/U195133/CRAIG_Lt-Comdr_Norman_Carlyle?index=2&results=QuicksearchResults&query=0

[Foster2002-3] John Wilson Foster (1 January 2002). The Age of Titanic: Cross-currents in Anglo-American Culture. Merlin Pub. p. 139. ISBN 978-1-903582-37-4.

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