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CRAGGS, JAMES (16571721) , English politician, was a son of Anthony Craggs of Holbeck, Durham, and was baptized on the loth of June 1657. After following various callings in London, Craggs, who was a person of considerable financial
parliament for Gram
clothier
joint postmaster-general in 1715; and, making the most of his opportunities in all these capacities, he amassed a great
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parliament confiscated all the property which he had acquired since December 1719. He left an enormous fortune when he died on the 16th of March
His son, JAMES CRAGGS the younger (1686-1721), was born at Westminster on the 9th of April 1686. Part of his early life was spent abroad, where he made the acquaintance of George Louis, elector of Hanover, afterwards King George I. In 1713 he became member of parliament for Tregoney, in 177 secretaryat-war, and in the following year one of the principal secretaries of state. Craggs was implicated in the South
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