James Craggs the Elder
James Craggs the Elder (1657 – 16 March 1721), of Jermyn Street, Westminster and Charlton, Lewisham, Kent, was an English financier and Whig politician who sat in the
Life
Craggs was baptized on 10 June 1657, the eldest son of Anthony Craggs of Wolsingham, county of Durham, and his wife Anne Morcroft, daughter of Rev. Ferdinando Morcroft, DD, of Goswich, Lancashire, rector of Stanhope-in-Wardell, county Durham and prebendary of Durham. He was educated at Bishop Auckland grammar school.[1]
After following various callings in London, Craggs, who was a person of considerable financial ability, entered the service of the
Craggs was in business as an army clothier and held several official positions, becoming joint
He married Elizabeth Richards, daughter of the Irish artillery officer Jacob Richards corn chandler, of Westminster on 4 January 1684. Their children included James Craggs the Younger, and Anne Craggs, wife of Robert Nugent, 1st Earl Nugent, Elizabeth wife of Edward Eliot and Margaret wife, firstly of Samuel Trefusis and secondly of Sir John Hinde Cotton.
References
- ^ a b "CRAGGS, James I (1657-1721), of Jermyn Street, Westminster and Charlton, Lewisham, Kent". History of Parliament Online (1690-1715). Retrieved 1 July 2019.
- ^ public domain: Chisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Craggs, James". Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 7 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 361. One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the
- Dictionary of National Biography. London: Smith, Elder & Co. 1885–1900. .