Charles Falls
Charles Fausset Falls (1 January 1860 – 20 September 1936) was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.
Falls studied on HMS Conway and then at Trinity College, Dublin, then managed the family estate, at , County Tyrone. During World War I, he served as a major in the Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers.[1]
Falls stood unsuccessfully for the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) in Fermanagh and Tyrone at the 1923 UK general election, being defeated by two Nationalist Party candidates.[1] At the 1924 election, the Nationalist Party did not stand, and Falls was elected alongside fellow UUP member James Pringle, easily beating two Sinn Féin members.[2] Falls did not stand in 1929, when two Nationalist Party members gained the constituency unopposed.
Personal life[]
Falls' eldest son was the historian Cyril Falls.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b John F. Harbinson, The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882-1973, p. 186
- ^ electionsinireland.org
- ^ Entry for Cyril Bentham Falls (1888-1971), 'Dictionary of National Biography', 1971.
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Charles Falls
- 1860 births
- 1936 deaths
- Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Fermanagh and Tyrone (1922–1950)
- People from County Tyrone
- Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers officers
- UK MPs 1924–1929
- Ulster Unionist Party members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
- British Army personnel of World War I