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Janric Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon

Janric Fraser Craig, 3rd Viscount Craigavon (born 9 June 1944) is a British peer and chartered accountant. He is one of the 92 hereditary peers elected to remain in the House of Lords after the passing of the House of Lords Act 1999; he sits as a crossbencher.

The son of the 2nd Viscount Craigavon, he was educated at Eton College, Berkshire and at the University of London, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Science. In 1974, he succeeded to his father's titles. Craigavon is a member of the Executive Committee of the Anglo-Austrian Society. He was made a Commander of the Finnish Order of the Lion in 1998, a Commander of the Swedish Royal Order of the Polar Star in the following year and a Knight of the Danish Order of the Dannebrog in 2006.

He is a former trustee of the Progress Educational Trust, and is now an advisor for the Trust.

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