The Viscount Craigavon, third holder of the peerage, has died at the aged of 80.
Janric Fraser was born 9 June, 1944, son of the 2nd Viscount Craigavon (1906-1974), and his wife the former (Angela) Fiona Tatchell (died 6 Nov, 2007), daughter of Dr Percy Tatchell; and succeeded to the peerage (cr 1927) and baronetcy (cr 1918), on the demise of his father, 18 May, 1974.
The 3rd Viscount was one of the hereditary peers elected to the House of Lords in 1999.
The family honours, which now become extinct, were created for his grandfather, James Craig (1871-1940), the first prime minister of Northern Ireland.
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