Sir William Gibson Craig, 2nd Baronet, PC, FRSE (2 August 1797 – 12 March 1878), was a Scottish advocate and politician. Life He was born the first son of Sir James Gibson-Craig, 1st Baronet, and his wife, Anne Thomson. He was educated at the High School in Edinburgh and then privately in Yorkshire. William became an advocate in 1820. He was Lord Clerk Register and Keeper of the Signet from 1862 until his death. He was made a Privy Counsellor in 1863. He was the Member of Parliament for Midlothian from 1837 to 1841 and for Edinburgh from 1841 to 1852. He was a Junior Lord of the Treasury in Lord John Russell's government from 1846 to 1852. He became a member of the Highland Society in 1824. In 1828 he was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh his proposer being Thomas Allan. He lived in Riccarton House to the south-west of Edinburgh. Family His younger brother, James Thomson Gibson-Craig WS (1799–1886) was also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. He was married to Betsy Vivian. They had six children. One of his grandchildren was the philanthropist Dorothy Brooke. Publications On Howard's Wheel Plough References External links 1797 births 1878 deaths Members of the Faculty of Advocates Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Edinburgh constituencies Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom William Members of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom Whig (British political party) MPs for Scottish constituencies UK MPs 1837–1841 UK MPs 1841–1847 UK MPs 1847–1852 19th-century Scottish people Scottish knights Paintings by Henry Raeburn