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McConnell Baronets
The McConnell Baronetcy, of The Moat in Strandtown in Belfast, is a title in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1900 for Robert McConnell, Lord Mayor of Belfast in 1900. The second baronet sat as Unionist member of parliament for Antrim. The fourth baronet did not use his title. Brian McConnell, Baron McConnell, son of Alfred McConnell, second son of the first baronet, was a politician. McConnell baronets of The Moat (1900) * Sir Robert John McConnell, 1st Baronet (1853–1927) *Sir Joseph McConnell, 2nd Baronet Sir Joseph McConnell, 2nd Baronet (17 September 1877 – 27 August 1942), was an Ulster Unionist politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Antrim from 1929 to 1942. Family McConnell was the second child (and eldest son) of Sir Robert J ... (1877–1942) *Sir Robert Melville Terence McConnell, 3rd Baronet (1902–1987) *(Robert) Shean McConnell, 4th Baronet (1930–2021) *(Terence) Reade McConnell, 5th Baronet (born 1959) The heir appa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Baronetage Of The United Kingdom
Baronets are a rank in the British aristocracy. The current Baronetage of the United Kingdom has replaced the earlier but existing Baronetages of England, Nova Scotia, Ireland, and Great Britain. Baronetage of England (1611–1705) James I of England, King James I created the hereditary Order of Baronets in England on 22 May 1611, for the settlement of Ireland. He offered the dignity to 200 gentlemen of good birth, with a clear estate of Pound sterling, £1,000 a year, on condition that each one should pay a sum equivalent to three years' pay to 30 soldiers at 8d per day per man (total – £1,095) into the King's Exchequer. The Baronetage of England comprises all baronetcies created in the Kingdom of England before the Act of Union 1707, Act of Union in 1707. In that year, the Baronetage of England and the #Baronetage of Nova Scotia (1625–1706), Baronetage of Nova Scotia were replaced by the #Baronetage of Great Britain, Baronetage of Great Britain. The extant baronetcies ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Robert McConnell, 1st Baronet
Sir Robert John McConnell, 1st Baronet (6 February 1853 – 22 April 1927) was created baronet in 1900, and served as Lord Mayor of Belfast 1900–1901. Biography Robert John McConnell was the son of Joseph McConnell (1829–1872) of Clougher, County Antrim, and Elizabeth McConnell (née McBride). He was born on 6 February 1853. McConnell set up in business as a rent agent in 1874, opening an office in Lombard Street, Belfast. The firm prospered, and with his brother Thomas, he became a prominent property developer, building small terraced houses in poorer sections of the city, and larger, speculative developments in more affluent suburbs. The area behind Queen's University, popularly known as the Holyland, with its biblically named streets, was so named after McConnell, a devout Christian, returned from a visit to Carmel, Damascus, Cairo, Jerusalem and Palestine with his developer friend James Rea in the 1890s. In 1900 McConnell was elected Lord Mayor of Belfast, and the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lord Mayor Of Belfast
The Lord Mayor of Belfast is the leader and chairperson of Belfast City Council, elected annually from and by the City's 60 councillors. The Lord Mayor also serves as the representative of the city of Belfast, welcoming guests from across the United Kingdom and Ireland. The current Lord Mayor is Tina Black of Sinn Fein who has been in the position of Lord Mayor since 1 June 2022. The Deputy Lord Mayor is Michelle Kelly of the Alliance Party. History The position that is now the Lord Mayor originated in 1613 in the town's Royal Charter as the Sovereign of Belfast. In 1842, this position was restyled the Mayor of Belfast. In 1892, four years after Belfast was granted city status, the position was given Lord Mayor status, making it one of only three cities on the island of Ireland having a Lord Mayor, the other two being Cork and Dublin. In 1929, it became one of only six cities in the United Kingdom to have a Lord Mayor styled "the Right Honourable". Until 1973 the position ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Member Of Parliament
A member of parliament (MP) is the representative in parliament of the people who live in their electoral district. In many countries with bicameral parliaments, this term refers only to members of the lower house since upper house members often have a different title. The terms congressman/congresswoman or deputy are equivalent terms used in other jurisdictions. The term parliamentarian is also sometimes used for members of parliament, but this may also be used to refer to unelected government officials with specific roles in a parliament and other expert advisers on parliamentary procedure such as the Senate Parliamentarian in the United States. The term is also used to the characteristic of performing the duties of a member of a legislature, for example: "The two party leaders often disagreed on issues, but both were excellent parliamentarians and cooperated to get many good things done." Members of parliament typically form parliamentary groups, sometimes called caucuse ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Antrim (UK Parliament Constituency)
Antrim is a former UK Parliament constituency in Ireland. It was a two-member constituency and existed in two periods, 1801–1885 and 1922–1950. Boundaries From 1801 until 1885, the constituency consisted of the whole of County Antrim, excluding the parts in the Parliamentary borough constituencies of Belfast, Carrickfergus and Lisburn. From 1885 to 1922, the constituency was split between the divisions of East Antrim, Mid Antrim, North Antrim and South Antrim. From 1922 until 1950, the constituency consisted of the Administrative county of Antrim, that is the whole of County Antrim excluding the part in the City of Belfast. In 1950 the county was split, between the divisions of Antrim North and Antrim South. Members of Parliament MPs 1801–1885 ''Key to parties: C Conservative, L Liberal, NP no party identified, T Tory, U Unionist, W Whig. Changes of party name in 1832 are indicated i.e. (T,C) and (W,L).'' Notes: * (1) Earl of Yarmouth (1800–1870 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian McConnell, Baron McConnell
Robert William Brian McConnell, Baron McConnell (25 November 1922 – 25 October 2000) was an Ulster Unionist MP in the Northern Ireland House of Commons. Biography The grandson of Sir Robert McConnell, 1st Baronet, he was schooled at Sedbergh School and at Queen's University, Belfast where he read law, subsequently being called to the Bar of Northern Ireland. Starting off as a Junior Unionist, Brian McConnell attended the Conservative Conference in Brighton as an Ulster Unionist delegate in 1947, at which he made a warmly received address on one of the resolutions before the conference of over 3,500. He was first elected to Stormont at the 1953 Northern Ireland general election. In 1962 Lord Brookeborough appointed him Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Finance (Government Chief Whip), and after holding a junior office at the relatively new Ministry of Health, he became Minister of Home Affairs in 1964 in the government of Terence O'Neill. In 1966 however Ian Paisl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sir Joseph McConnell, 2nd Baronet
Sir Joseph McConnell, 2nd Baronet (17 September 1877 – 27 August 1942), was an Ulster Unionist politician. He was Member of Parliament (MP) for Antrim from 1929 to 1942. Family McConnell was the second child (and eldest son) of Sir Robert John McConnell (1853–1927) and his first wife, Mary Elizabeth Smiley (died 1896). He married Lisa McGowan, daughter of Jackson McGowan, on 25 April 1900, and they had three children. On the death of his father in April 1927, he succeeded to his father's baronetcy as the 2nd Baronet McConnell, of the Moat, Strandtown, Belfast. Political career McConnell was elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom as one of the two MPs for the Antrim constituency at the 1929 general election, after the unionist MP Charles Craig retired. He was re-elected unopposed in 1931 and 1935, and died in office in 1942, aged 64. He held the office of deputy lieutenant of Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
