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About James Craggs the Younger
James Craggs the Younger, was an English Whig politician. He was briefly the British envoy to Spain in 1711. Craggs received influential appointments in government following the Hanoverian succession, serving as both Secretary at War and Secretary of State for the Southern Department before his premature death in 1721. Craggs had a colourful private life and was involved in several extramarital affairs, scandals and duels.
Everything about James Craggs the Younger →- Occupation
- politician
- Position held
- Secretary at War, Secretary of State for the Southern Department, member of the 4th Parliament of Great Britain, member of the 5th Parliament of Great Britain
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Great Britain
- Born
- April 9, 1686
- Died
- February 16, 1721