Family and Education
bap. 10 June 1657, 1st s. of Anthony Craggs of Wolsingham, co. Dur. by Anne (d. 1672), da. of Rev. Ferdinando Morcroft, DD, of Goswich, Lancs., rector of Stanhope-in-Wardell, co. Dur. and prebendary of Durham. educ. Bishop Auckland g.s., co. Dur. m. 4 Jan. 1684, Elizabeth (d. 1712), da. of Jacob Richards, corn chandler, of Westminster, 3s. d.v.p. 3da. suc. fa ?1680. Misc. Gen. et Her. ii. 34–39; Stowe 1058, f. 244; IGI, London; Westminster Abbey Reg. (Harl. Soc. x), 302.
Offices Held
Sec. to commrs. stating debts due to army 1700; trustee, receiving loan to Emperor 1706; commr. rebuilding Chatham, Harwich and Portsmouth 1709.
Cttee, Old E. I. Co. 1700–1, 1702–5; manager, united trade 1702–4; commr. Greenwich Hosp. 1704.
Sec. to master-gen. of the Ordnance 1702–11; clerk of deliveries 1703–11, 1714–15; jt. postmaster-gen. 1715–20.
Parlimentarian
Main residences: Jermyn Street, Westminster; Charlton, Lewisham, Kent.
Volume
Commons 1690-1715
Web Title
CRAGGS, James I (1657-1721)
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Oxford 1644
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