Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos

James Craggs: Quick Facts

Written and fact-checked by
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

The Information Architects maintain a master list of the topics included in the corpus of  Encyclopædia Britannica, and create and manage the relationships between them.
The Information Architects of Encyclopaedia Britannica

Facts

Baptized June 10, 1657 • England
Died March 16, 1721
Title / Office House of Commons (1702-1721), Great Britain
Role In South Sea Bubble

Photos

Craggs, detail of a portrait attributed to Johann Baptist Closterman, 1710; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
See All Images →
George I
George I
king of Great Britain
Charles Spencer, 3rd Earl of Sunderland, detail of an engraving by G. Houbraken, 1746
Charles Spencer, 3rd earl of Sunderland
British statesman
William Pitt the Younger
William Pitt, the Younger
prime minister of United Kingdom
Full-length portrait of King George III in a red military uniform and black bicorne hat, standing outdoors with a distant building and cloudy sky in the background.
George III
king of Great Britain
William Pitt, the Elder
William Pitt, the Elder
prime minister of United Kingdom
Charles James Fox
Charles James Fox
British politician
Robert Clive
Robert Clive
British colonial administrator
John Wilkes, engraving from a manifesto commemorating his fight against general warrants and for the liberty of the press, 1768
John Wilkes
British journalist and politician
John Closterman: portrait of John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough
John Churchill, 1st duke of Marlborough
English general
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury
Anthony Ashley Cooper, 1st earl of Shaftesbury
English politician [1621–1683]
default image
Henry Saint John, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke
British politician
Robert Harley, 1st earl of Oxford
Robert Harley, 1st earl of Oxford
English statesman
Lord North
Frederick North, Lord North
prime minister of United Kingdom
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle, from a steel engraving, 1836
Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st duke of Newcastle
prime minister of United Kingdom
Sidney Godolphin, 1st earl of Godolphin
Sidney Godolphin, 1st Earl of Godolphin
English politician
James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope, detail of an oil painting attributed to J. van Diest, c. 1718; in the National Portrait Gallery, London
James Stanhope, 1st Earl Stanhope
British statesman
Sackville, George Sackville-Germain, 1st Viscount, Baron Bolebrooke of Sussex
George Sackville-Germain, 1st Viscount Sackville
English politician and soldier
Charles Talbot, duke of Shrewsbury
Charles Talbot, duke and 12th earl of Shrewsbury
English statesman
default image
Henry Seymour Conway
British commander and politician
Alexis Simon Belle: James Edward, the Old Pretender
James Edward, the Old Pretender
claimant to English and Scottish thrones