William Gibson-Craig

The Right Honourable
Sir William Gibson Craig
The Right Honourable Sir William Gibson Craig
	Portrait by Henry Raeburn
Member of Parliament for Edinburgh
	In office; 1841–1852
Member of Parliament for Midlothian
	In office; 1837–1841
Personal details
Born	2 August 1797
Died	12 March 1878 (aged 82)
Political party	Whig
Profession	Advocate, Politician

Sir William Gibson Craig, 2nd Baronet FRSE (2 August 1797 – 12 March 1878), was a Scottish advocate and politician.

Life

He was born the first son of Sir James Gibson-Craig, 1st Baronet, and his wife, Anne Thomson. He was educated at the High School in Edinburgh and then privately in Yorkshire.[1]

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.[2]

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.[2]

He became a member of the Highland Society in 1824. In 1828 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being Thomas Allan.

He lived in Riccarton House to the south-west of Edinburgh.[3]

His younger brother, James Thomson Gibson-Craig WS (1799-1886) was also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh.[1]

He was married to Betsy Vivian. They had six children.

One of his grandchildren was the philanthropist Dorothy Brooke.[2]

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