Rowley Elliott (23 April 1877 – 17 December 1944) was a Unionist politician in

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Family and early life

Eldest of three sons of John R. Elliott, J.P, Coagh, his sisters were May Boyton Aiken and Agnes Witherow Bell. He was educated at Cookstown Academy and the

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. He married Annie Mary Berkeley and had one son; John Rowley Berkeley Elliott, and two daughters; Muriel and Miss A. Elliott. His niece was Florence Elliott, OBE.

Career

After school he entered his father's business, Messrs. J. E. Elliott, Ltd., hardware merchants and grocers, as Postmaster Grocer and Hardware Merchant. Following this he went to become a farmer and breeder of Shorthorn cattle. At the same time he was a member of Tyrone County Council and served as its chairman. He was a

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and Deputy Lieutenant for

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. From 1925 to 1944 he was the Unionist

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(MP) in the Northern Ireland parliament for Fermanagh and Tyrone and then South Tyrone. Elliott was also a member of the Orange Institution for many years, as well as the Masonic Order. From 1941 to 1943 he served as

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under

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Sources

* http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/biographies.html 1877 births 1944 deaths Members of Tyrone County Council Ulster Unionist Party members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1925–1929 Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1929–1933 Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1933–1938 Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1938–1945 Northern Ireland junior government ministers (Parliament of Northern Ireland) Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for Fermanagh and Tyrone Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for County Tyrone constituencies {{Parliament-of-Northern-Ireland-member-stub