George Boyle Hanna, KC (17 December 1877 – 30 October 1938) was a

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, unionist

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and

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judge. He was born at Linen Hall Street in

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, the son of auctioneer Robert Hanna and Mary Jane Kennedy. He was educated at Gracehill Academy,

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and

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and was first admitted as a solicitor in 1901, being called to the Bar in 1920, taking silk as a

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in 1933. He was a member of

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from 1908 to 1921. From 1919 until 1922, he was the

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Member of the UK Parliament for East Antrim, narrowly beating an official Unionist candidate in a by-election, but standing down at the 1922 general election. From 1921 to 1937, he served as an official Unionist in the

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, first representing

(1921–29) and then

Larne Larne (, , the name of a Gaelic Ireland, Gaelic territory) is a town on the east coast of County Antrim, Northern Ireland, with a population of 18,755 at the United Kingdom census, 2011, 2011 Census. It is a major passenger and freight Roll-on/ro ...

until his appointment as a county court judge for

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in 1937. He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Home Affairs from 1925 to 1937. He only served as a judge for six months, dying soon after his appointment.Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections Results: Biographies
election.demon.co.uk; accessed 11 January 2017.

Personal life

He was married in December 1903 to Susanna "Sunnie" Mack and had two children –

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and Mary.

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