Jim McDonald

CBE The Most Excellent Order of the British Empire is a British order of chivalry, rewarding contributions to the arts and sciences, work with charitable and welfare organisations, and public service outside the civil service. It was established o ...

, LVO, KCSG, GCHS, JP, DL was a

Northern Irish Northern Irish people is a demonym for all people born in Northern Ireland or people who are entitled to reside in Northern Ireland without any restriction on their period of residence. Most Northern Irish people either identify as Northern ...

Catholic Unionist. McDonald served as the first Chairman of the Royal Ulster Constabulary George Cross Foundation and Chancellor of the Papal Orders in Ireland. McDonald was born and raised in a devoutly Catholic family off the Falls Road close to

Clonard Monastery Clonard Monastery is a Catholic church located off the Falls Road in Belfast, Northern Ireland, and home to a community of the Redemptorists religious order. History In late 19th century Belfast, the Catholic population grew to such an extent ...

in West

Belfast Belfast ( , ; from ga, Béal Feirste , meaning 'mouth of the sand-bank ford') is the capital and largest city of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan on the east coast. It is the 12th-largest city in the United Kingdo ...

, a nationalist/republican stronghold. Profile
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1930s births Living people Catholic Unionists People from Belfast People educated at St. Mary's Christian Brothers' Grammar School, Belfast Knights Grand Cross of the Order of St Gregory the Great Knights of the Holy Sepulchre Lieutenants of the Royal Victorian Order Date of birth missing (living people) {{NI-bio-stub