Sir Thomas McClure, 1st Baronet, (4 March 1806 – 21 January 1893) was an
MP for
Belfast
Belfast (, , , ; from ) is the capital city and principal port of Northern Ireland, standing on the banks of the River Lagan and connected to the open sea through Belfast Lough and the North Channel (Great Britain and Ireland), North Channel ...
from 1868 to 1874. MP for
Londonderry County 1878–1885.
He was appointed
High Sheriff of Down
The High Sheriff of Down is the Sovereign's judicial representative in County Down. Initially an office for lifetime, assigned by the Sovereign, the High Sheriff became annually appointed from the Provisions of Oxford in 1258. Besides his judicia ...
for 1864 and later served as vice-lieutenant of the county.
McClure was created a
baronet
A baronet ( or ; abbreviated Bart or Bt) or the female equivalent, a baronetess (, , or ; abbreviation Btss), is the holder of a baronetcy, a hereditary title awarded by the British Crown. The title of baronet is mentioned as early as the 14th ...
, of
Belmont, County Down, on 20 March 1874. This title became extinct on his death. Belmont, his home – bought from Lord Ranfurley – stood on the site of Campbell College.
McClure married at
Dreghorn Castle
Dreghorn is a village in North Ayrshire, Scotland, east of Irvine town centre, on the old main road from Irvine to Kilmarnock. It is sited on a ridge between two rivers. As archaeological excavations near the village centre have found a signif ...
,
Colinton
Colinton is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland situated southwest of the city centre. Up until the late 18th century it appears on maps as Collington. It is bordered by Dreghorn to the south and Craiglockhart to the north-east. To the north-w ...
, Scotland on the 18 October 1877. He married Ellison Thorburn Macfie (1842–1906) daughter of
Robert Andrew Macfie of Dreghorn, a wealthy sugar refiner.
[Leith and its Antiquities vol.2 by J Campbell Irons]
References
*
*
External links
*
1806 births
1893 deaths
Baronets in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom
UK MPs 1868–1874
UK MPs 1874–1880
UK MPs 1880–1885
Deputy lieutenants of Down
High sheriffs of Down
Irish Presbyterians
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Belfast constituencies (1801–1922)
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Londonderry constituencies (1801–1922)
{{NorthernIreland-bio-stub