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Minister Of Agriculture For Northern Ireland
The Minister of Agriculture was a member of the Executive Committee of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland ( Cabinet) in the Parliament of Northern Ireland which governed Northern Ireland from 1921 to 1972. The post was combined with that of the Minister of Commerce until 1925, and was later vacant for three short periods. Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Agriculture *1941 – 1943 Brian Maginess *1943 – 1956 vacant *1956 – 1958 John Bailey *1958 – 1960 Harry West *1960 – 1964 vacant *1964 – 1965 William Long William Long may refer to: Politicians * William Long (fl.1388), MP for Barnstaple * William Long (died c.1426), MP and Mayor for Rye * William Long (mayor) (1781–1851), mayor of Columbus, Ohio * William Long (New South Wales politician) (183 ... ''Office abolished 1965'' ReferencesThe Government of Northern Ireland {{Northern Ireland ministerial positions 1921-72 1921 establishments in Northern Ireland 1972 disestablishments in Northern ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Executive Committee Of The Privy Council Of Northern Ireland
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Harry West
Henry William West (27 March 1917 – 5 February 2004) was a politician in Northern Ireland who served as leader of the Ulster Unionist Party from 1974 until 1979. Career to Stormont West was born in County Fermanagh and educated at Portora Royal School in Enniskillen. He worked as a farmer, taking an interest in local government, but it was not until 1954 that he entered Stormont as member for the Enniskillen seat, succeeding Thomas Nelson. In 1960 he was appointed Minister of Agriculture in the government of Lord Brookeborough, which he was to retain under the leadership of Terence O'Neill. He became one of a number of Stormont MPs critical of O'Neill's conciliatory approach towards Nationalists and in 1969 he had the whip withdrawn, along with William Craig. In 1971 the whip was restored under the new Ulster Unionist leader and Prime Minister of Northern Ireland Brian Faulkner. West became Minister of Agriculture once more and retained that position until the Stormont go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1921 Establishments In Northern Ireland
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William Long (Northern Ireland Politician)
William Joseph Long OBE (23 April 1922 – 10 February 2008) was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland. Early life Long was born in Stockton-on-Tees in England and studied at the Friends' School in Great Ayton, the Royal Veterinary College in Edinburgh and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst. He became an officer in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers and was posted to Northern Ireland in 1940. While there, he married Doreen Mercer, a local doctor, and in 1942, the two settled in Northern Ireland.Anne McHardy,Obituary: William Long, ''The Guardian'', 11 April 2008 Long left the British Army in 1948 and became the Secretary of the Northern Ireland Marriage Guidance Council. In 1951, he became Secretary of the Northern Ireland Chest and Heart Association.Captain William Long , '' |
John Edgar Bailey
John Edgar Bailey (1897 – 14 November 1958) was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland. A farmer by profession, he was educated at private school and was a member of Down County Council. He was elected to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland from the West Down West Down is a small village and civil parish located in North Devon, England. It is to be found on the route between Braunton and Ilfracombe, north-west of Barnstaple. The village sits in a bowl in the hills at above sea level. In 2011 i ... seat in 1938, and represented the constituency until his death in 1958. He served as Assistant Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Finance and Assistant Whip from 1945 to 1958. References , - , - 1897 births 1958 deaths Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1938–1945 Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1945–1949 Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1949–1953 Members of the House o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Maginess
William Brian Maginess, QC (10 July 1901 – 16 April 1967), was a member of the Government of Northern Ireland, who was widely seen as a possible successor to The 1st Viscount Brookeborough as Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. Life He was born in 1901, the son of William George Maginess, a Lisburn solicitor, and his wife Mary Sarah Boyd. He was educated at The Wallace High School and Trinity College Dublin from where he graduated with a law degree (LLD), and was called to the Northern Ireland bar in 1923. Having served in the Royal Corps of Artillery during the Second World War he entered the Parliament of Northern Ireland in 1938 when he won the seat of Iveagh. He entered the Cabinet of Basil Brooke in 1945 when he became Minister of Labour. His stints as the Minister of Home Affairs and Minister of Finance (''de facto'' Deputy Prime Minister) left him favourite to succeed Brooke as Prime Minister of Northern Ireland. In the early 1950s however, Maginess became a hate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brian Faulkner
Arthur Brian Deane Faulkner, Baron Faulkner of Downpatrick, (18 February 1921 – 3 March 1977), was the sixth and last Prime Minister of Northern Ireland, from March 1971 until his resignation in March 1972. He was also the chief executive of the short-lived Northern Ireland Executive during the first half of 1974. Faulkner was also the leader of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) from 1971 to 1974. Early life Faulkner was born in Helen's Bay, County Down, Ireland, some 2 months before the creation of Northern Ireland. The elder of two sons of James and Nora Faulkner. His younger brother was Colonel Sir Dennis Faulkner, CBE VRD UD DL. James Faulkner owned the Belfast Collar Company which traded under the name Faulat. At that time, Faulat was the largest single purpose shirt manufacturer in the world, employing some 3,000 people. He was educated initially at Elm Park preparatory school, Killylea, County Armagh, but at 14 was sent to the Church of Ireland-affiliated St Colu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phelim O'Neill, 2nd Baron Rathcavan
Phelim Robert Hugh O'Neill, 2nd Baron Rathcavan, PC (NI) (2 November 1909 – 20 December 1994), was a politician in Northern Ireland and a hereditary peer in the British House of Lords. The son of Hugh O'Neill, a unionist politician, Phelim studied at Eton College before joining the Royal Artillery. He became a major during World War II. O'Neill was elected to Westminster for the Ulster Unionist Party at the 1952 North Antrim by-election, succeeding his father. He stood down at the 1959 general election. At the 1958 Stormont elections, he was elected, again to represent North Antrim. In 1969, he briefly served as Minister of Education before becoming the Minister of Agriculture. In 1958, he was appointed High Sheriff of Antrim. O'Neill joined the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland in 1972, and acted as its leader at the Darlington Conference. At the 1973 Northern Ireland Assembly election, he was unsuccessful in North Antrim. In 1982, he succeeded his father as the se ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Chichester-Clark
James Dawson Chichester-Clark, Baron Moyola, PC, DL (12 February 1923 – 17 May 2002) was the penultimate Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and eighth leader of the Ulster Unionist Party between 1969 and March 1971. He was Member of the Northern Ireland Parliament for South Londonderry for 12 years, beginning at the by-election to replace his grandmother, Dame Dehra Parker in 1960. He stopped being an MP when the Stormont Parliament was suspended and subsequently abolished with the introduction of Direct Rule by the British Government. Chichester-Clark's election as UUP leader resulted from the sudden resignation of Terence O'Neill after the ambiguous result of the preceding general election. His term in office was dominated by both internal unionist struggles, seeing the political emergence of Ian Paisley from the right and Alliance Party of Northern Ireland from the left, and an emergent Irish nationalist resurgence. In March 1971, with his health suffering under the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Terence O'Neill
Terence Marne O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, PC (NI) (10 September 1914 – 12 June 1990), was the fourth prime minister of Northern Ireland and leader (1963–1969) of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP). A moderate unionist, who sought to reconcile the sectarian divisions in Northern Ireland society, he was a member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland for the Bannside constituency from 1946 until his resignation in January 1970; his successor in the House of Commons of Northern Ireland was Ian Paisley, while control of the UUP also passed to more hard-line elements. Background Terence O'Neill was born on 10 September 1914 at 29 Ennismore Gardens, Hyde Park, London.Oxford Dictionary of National Biography He was the youngest son of Lady Annabel Hungerford Crewe-Milnes (daughter of Robert Crewe-Milnes, 1st Marquess of Crewe) and Captain Arthur O'Neill of Shane's Castle, Randalstown, the first member of parliament (MP) to be killed in action during the First World War. T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Moore (Northern Ireland Politician)
The Reverend Robert Moore (1886 – 1 September 1960Ian McAllister and Richard Rose, ''United Kingdom Facts'', p. 57) was a Northern Ireland theologian and politician. He was educated at Coleraine Academical Institution and Queen's College, Galway. He took his theological course at Magee College, Derry. Ordained in 1912, he was installed as a minister at Ringsend, County Londonderry. President of the Ulster Farmers' Union from 1937 to 1940 and from 1941 to 1942. he was returned to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland ( Stormont) for North Londonderry from the 1938 election until his death. Moore was made Minister of Agriculture for Northern Ireland on 6 May 1943, in which capacity he ensured that Northern Irish farmers shared in guaranteed prices for all farmers in the United Kingdom and that Northern Irish farmers would be compensated for their remoteness from the British market. He served in this position until his death on 1 September 1960. Moore was made a member of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cabinet (government)
A cabinet is a body of high-ranking state officials, typically consisting of the executive branch's top leaders. Members of a cabinet are usually called cabinet ministers or secretaries. The function of a cabinet varies: in some countries, it is a collegiate decision-making body with collective responsibility, while in others it may function either as a purely advisory body or an assisting institution to a decision-making head of state or head of government. Cabinets are typically the body responsible for the day-to-day management of the government and response to sudden events, whereas the legislative and judicial branches work in a measured pace, in sessions according to lengthy procedures. In some countries, particularly those that use a parliamentary system (e.g., the UK), the Cabinet collectively decides the government's direction, especially in regard to legislation passed by the parliament. In countries with a presidential system, such as the United States, the Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
