Charles Cunningham Connor (c. 1840 – 10 February 1914) was an MP for
North Antrim.
Connor was educated at the
Royal Academical Institution, Belfast and
Queen's University Belfast
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, and was a businessman prior to entering Parliament, as well as an alderman of
Belfast City Council
Belfast City Council ( ga, Comhairle Cathrach Bhéal Feirste) is the local authority with responsibility for part of the city of Belfast, the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland. The Council serves an estimated population of (), the l ...
. Between 1889 and 1891 he was Mayor of Belfast (the last before the post was upgraded to Lord Mayor). He was elected to Parliament at the
general election of 1892, but did not stand in
1895
Events
January–March
* January 5 – Dreyfus affair: French officer Alfred Dreyfus is stripped of his army rank, and sentenced to life imprisonment on Devil's Island.
* January 12 – The National Trust for Places of Histor ...
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References
Members of Parliament after 1832 - Charles Connor
Irish Unionist Party MPs
1840s births
1914 deaths
Mayors of Belfast
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Antrim constituencies (1801–1922)
UK MPs 1892–1895
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