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.

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Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Sir George Clerk, Bt	Member of Parliament for Midlothian 1837–1841	Succeeded by William Ramsay Ramsay
Preceded by Sir John Campbell	Member of Parliament for Edinburgh 1841–1852	Succeeded by Thomas Babington Macaulay
Political offices
Preceded by Henry Bingham Baring William Cripps Swynford Carnegie Ralph Neville	Junior Lord of the Treasury 1846–1852	Succeeded by Marquess of Chandos The Lord Henry Lennox Thomas Bateson
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
Preceded by James Gibson Craig	Baronet (of Carmichael) 1850–1878	Succeeded by James Gibson Craig