John Hanna Robb (4 November 1873 – 21 June 1956) was a

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politician. The son of Rev. J. Gardner Robb, DD, LLD and Martha, daughter of Rev. John Hanna, of Ballymagowan House.Clogher Valley Marriage Announcements
cotyroneireland.com; accessed 21 February 2020. Robb was born in

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and was educated at

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and called to the Bar at

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and King's Inns,

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in 1898. He was a Stormont MP for Queen's University from 1921 to 1937, following which he was

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and Minister for Education, becoming leader of the senate on 15 December 1937 until 1943. From 1939 to 1943, he was Father of the Northern Irish Bar. From 1943 until retirement in 1954 he sat as a County Court judge. Robb lived at Deramore Park, North Belfast, with his wife Emily and their daughter.

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