serviceyears monarch branch death_date children constituency_mp allegiance nationality birth_date term_end alma_mater death_place imagesize battles term_start spouse rank image name predecessor parliament birth_place unit party office successor religion article_title
1899 & ndash ; 1901 george v edward viii george vi british army 24 november 1940 3 north down down united kingdom united kingdom british 8 january 1871 24 1929 november 1940 1921 24 november 1940 22 may merchiston glencraig , northern ireland 150px second boer war 7 1921 june 1921 1920 22 may 1929 24 may cecil mary tupper captain james craig viscount craigavon.jpg the viscount craigavon office created thomas james macnamara constituency created constituency created northern ireland northern ireland belfast , ireland 3rd -lrb- militia -rrb- royal irish rifles ulster unionist party prime to the admiralty minister of northern ireland parliamentary and financial secretary john miller andrews leo amery thomas bailie constituency abolished presbyterian james craig , 1st viscount craigavon

james craig , 1st viscount craigavon

james craig , 1st viscount craigavon , pc , pc -lrb- ni -rrb- -lrb- 8 january 1871 -- 24 november 1940 -rrb- , was a prominent irish unionist politician , leader of the ulster unionist party and the first prime minister of northern ireland .
he was created a baronet in 1918 and raised to the peerage in 1927 .
