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Rowley Elliott (23 April 1877 – 17 December 1944) was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.[1]

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.[2] He was educated at Cookstown Academy and the Royal Belfast Academical Institution.[3] He married Annie Mary Berkeley and had one son; John Rowley Berkeley Elliott, and two daughters; Muriel and Miss A. Elliott.[4] 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.[2][4] Following this he went to become a farmer and breeder of Shorthorn cattle.[1] At the same time he was a member of Tyrone County Council and served as its chairman. He was a justice of the peace and Deputy Lieutenant for County Tyrone. From 1925 to 1944 he was the Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) in the Northern Ireland parliament for Fermanagh and Tyrone and then South Tyrone.[5][3] Elliott was also a member of the Orange Institution for many years, as well as the Masonic Order.[3]

From 1941 to 1943 he served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour under J. M. Andrews.[1][6]

Sources

  1. ^ a b c "Obituaries". Ulster Herald. 23 December 1944. p. 3.
  2. ^ a b "Irish Independent". 30 September 1929. p. 10.
  3. ^ a b c "Obituaries". Belfast Newsletter. 18 December 1944. p. 4.
  4. ^ a b "National Archives: Census of Ireland 1911". www.census.nationalarchives.ie. Retrieved 7 November 2019.
  5. ^ Ollerenshaw, Philip, 1953- (2013). Northern Ireland in the second world war : politics, economic mobilisation and society, 1939-45. Manchester, United Kingdom: Manchester University Press. ISBN 978-1781706206. OCLC 876349198.((cite book)): CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  6. ^ "Belfast Newsletter". 11 November 1941. p. 6.
Parliament of Northern Ireland Preceded byArthur GriffithEdward ArchdaleWilliam CooteSeán MilroyWilliam Thomas MillerJames CooperSeán O'MahonyThomas Harbison Member of Parliament for Fermanagh and Tyrone 1925–1929 With: Edward ArchdaleAlexander DonnellyWilliam Thomas MillerCahir HealyThomas HarbisonJames CooperJohn McHugh Constituency divided New constituency Member of Parliament for South Tyrone 1929–1944 Succeeded byWilliam Frederick McCoy Political offices Preceded byWilliam Grant Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour 1941–1943 Office abolished


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