Background
The son of a self-made millionaire whisky distiller, among his brothers was Northern Ireland"s first Prime Minister, The Viscount Craigavon.
The son of a self-made millionaire whisky distiller, among his brothers was Northern Ireland"s first Prime Minister, The Viscount Craigavon.
Studied at Clifton College.
Craig first stood for Parliament at a by-election in 1903 for the South, after the sitting Unionist Member of Parliament William Ellison-Macartney had left the Commons to take up the post of Deputy-Master of the Royal Mint. Craig held the seat through four subsequent general elections. The South was abolished for the 1922 general election and Craig was then elected as one of the two MPs for the re-established, and held that seat until he retired from Parliament at the 1929 general election.
Although it was never formally abolished, the Irish Privy Council effectively ceased to exist with the creation of the Irish Free State, and on 12 December, ten members were sworn of a new Privy Council of Northern Ireland.
In the 1922–1924 Conservative Government, led by Andrew Bonar Law and then Stanley Baldwin, Curtis was appointed in February 1923 as Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Pensions, and held that post until first Labour government took office in January 1924.
Conservative.
27th United Kingdom Parliament. 28th United Kingdom Parliament. 29th United Kingdom Parliament.
30th United Kingdom Parliament.
31st United Kingdom Parliament. 32nd United Kingdom Parliament.
33rd United Kingdom Parliament. 34th United Kingdom Parliament]
He was Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for constituencies in County Antrim from 1903 to 1929, taking his seat in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom.
Craig was sworn as a member of the Privy Council of Ireland on 5 December 1922, one of two new members admitted on the last day before the Anglo-Irish Treaty came into effect, on 6 December 1922.
Craig was not one of those first appointments, but was appointed on 27 September 1923 as the thirteenth member of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland.
Spouse 1897, Lillian Bowring,daughter of late John Wimble of Long Ditton, Surrey.