Ernest Craig
Sir Ernest Craig, 1st Baronet (1859 – 9 April 1933)[1] was a British Conservative Party politician.
He was elected as Member of Parliament (MP) for the Crewe division of Cheshire at a by-election in July 1912 after the death of his Liberal predecessor, Walter McLaren.[2] Craig did not stand for re-election in 1918, when the seat was won a Coalition Liberal, and his next candidacy was at the 1924 general election, when he won the seat in a straight contest with the sitting Labour Party MP Edward Hemmerde. He stepped down from the House of Commons at the 1929 general election.[3]
In the King's Birthday Honours 1927, he was made a baronet on 1 July 1927, of Alsager in Cheshire.[4][5]
Ernest Craig, before becoming a politician, along with many other Englishmen went west to the USA and to New Mexico in particular. He owned the Last Chance Mine in Mogollon, Grant County, New Mexico, and a picture survives of him in 1908 seated in a motor vehicle at Hudson Springs (now Faywood Hot Springs). He introduced innovative methods of extracting gold. He also established a horse and buggy transport for mining company property movement between Mogollon and Silver City. His only child, Ernestine, later acquired the Mimbres Hot Springs, a few miles from Faywood. Her son Craig Wheaton-Smith managed the Mimbres Hot Springs ranch, and her grandson Simon Wheaton-Smith (Ernest Craig's great grandson) also resides in Silver City, New Mexico.
References
- ↑ "House of Commons constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)". Leigh Rayment's House of Commons pages. Retrieved 2009-05-06.
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1989) [1974]. British parliamentary election results 1885–1918 (2nd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 231. ISBN 0-900178-27-2.
- ↑ Craig, F. W. S. (1983) [1969]. British parliamentary election results 1918–1949 (3rd ed.). Chichester: Parliamentary Research Services. p. 303. ISBN 0-900178-06-X.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33280. p. 3603. 31 May 1927. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 33292. p. 4406. 8 July 1927. Retrieved 2009-05-07.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Ernest Craig
| Parliament of the United Kingdom | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Walter McLaren |
Member of Parliament for Crewe 1912 – 1918 |
Succeeded by Joseph Davies |
| Preceded by Edward Hemmerde |
Member of Parliament for Crewe 1924 – 1929 |
Succeeded by John William Bowen |
| Baronetage of the United Kingdom | ||
| New creation | Baronet (of Alsager) 1927–1933 |
Extinct |