Robert Hunter Craig
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Robert Hunter Craig (1839 – 12 August 1913){{rayment-hc|g||date=March 2012}} was a Liberal Party politician in Scotland.
He was elected to the House of Commons as member of parliament (MP) for Glasgow Govan at the 1900 general election, but did not stand again at the 1906 general election.{{cite book
|last=Craig
|first=F. W. S.
|authorlink= F. W. S. Craig
|title=British parliamentary election results 1885–1918
|origyear=1974
|edition= 2nd
|year=1989
|publisher= Parliamentary Research Services
|location=Chichester
|isbn= 0-900178-27-2
|page=546
}}
Life
He was born in Partick, the son of James Craig and Margaret Brown. He was educated at Partick Academy then Glasgow Academy.{{Cite web|url=http://www.glasgowwestaddress.co.uk/1909_Glasgow_Men/Craig_R_Hunter.htm|title = R. Hunter Craig}}
In 1873 he founded R. Hunter Craig & Co, agents to flour millers, at 67 Hope Street in Glasgow city centre, later expanding to Liverpool and London. Hunter Craig then lived at Falkland Bank on Partick Hill.Glasgow Post Office Directory 1875
He was Director of the Scottish Temperance Life Assurance Company, President of the Glasgow Mizpah Band and Director of the Glasgow Limited Evangelical Society.{{Cite web|url=http://www.glasgowwestaddress.co.uk/1909_Glasgow_Men/Craig_R_Hunter.htm|title = R. Hunter Craig}}
By 1911 his company was described as R Hunter Craig & Co Ltd, Continental, American and Colonial Flour and Produce Importers, based at Atlantic Chambers 45 Hope Street in Glasgow, with further offices in Edinburgh, Leith, London, Liverpool, Belfast, Dublin and Cork. Hunter Craig was then living at Knock Castle, Largs.Glasgow Post Office Directory 1911
He is buried in Craigton Cemetery in Glasgow. The grave lies on the north slope of the southern section.
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Category:Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Glasgow constituencies
Category:Scottish Liberal Party MPs
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