Education
Craddock was educated at Harris Academy, Dundee and Street Andrews University, Scotland, where he gained a First in Physics and Chemistry (B Sc), with special distinction in Chemistry, and an Master of Arts in Economics and Philosophy.
Craddock was educated at Harris Academy, Dundee and Street Andrews University, Scotland, where he gained a First in Physics and Chemistry (B Sc), with special distinction in Chemistry, and an Master of Arts in Economics and Philosophy.
He should not be confused with George Craddock, the Labour politician who served as an Member of Parliament at the same time. In the First World War he first served in the Royal Garrison Artillery, then as a Staff Lieutenant, Royal Engineers Chemical Warfare Staff. He held major business executive posts in India and Africa, 1921-1939.
During the Second World War he was Assistant Director at the Ministry of Supply.
He became Barrister at Law, Gray"s Inn, from 1947 with chambers in the Middle Temple. His political ambitions had surfaced in the 1930s when he contested Lichfield, Staffordshire, for the National Government in a by-election in 1938.
He contested the same seat for the Conservatives in 1945. He was elected to Parliament as Conservative member for the Spelthorne Division of Middlesex in 1950 and held the seat until his retirement in 1970.
He was Parliamentary Private Secretary to Harold Watkinson, Minister of Transport and Civil Aviation, 1956-1959, and to Watkinson as Minister of Defence, 1959-1962.
Craddock married Ethel Martin Bradford in 1936. His home in later life was Henley Down House, Battle, Sussex.
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He was elected as Member of Parliament (Member of Parliament) for Spelthorne at the 1950 general election, and held the seat until his retirement at the 1970 general election.
He was a member of the Speaker"s Panel of Chairmen, 1966-1970. Like many Conservative MPs he was a member of the Carlton Club.