Henry Harland (politician)
Henry Peirson Harland | |
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Member of Parliament for Belfast East | |
In office 8 February 1940 – 5 July 1945 | |
Preceded by | Herbert Dixon |
Succeeded by | Thomas Loftus Cole |
Personal details | |
Born | Uxbridge, England | 1 September 1876
Died | 11 August 1945 Aldenham, England | (aged 68)
Nationality | British |
Political party | Ulster Unionist Party |
Henry Peirson Harland (1 September 1876 – 11 August 1945) was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.
Born in Uxbridge, Harland studied at Rugby School before being appointed as a director or Harland and Wolff, and of Short and Harland. He worked as an engineer worldwide before winning the Belfast East by-election in 1940 for the Ulster Unionist Party. Despite holding a seat in Northern Ireland, he lived in Aldenham, Hertfordshire. He died shortly before the 1945 general election.[1]
References[]
- ^ John F. Harbinson, The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882-1973, p.183
External links[]
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Henry Peirson Harland
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- 1876 births
- 1945 deaths
- Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Belfast constituencies (since 1922)
- People educated at Rugby School
- People from Uxbridge
- UK MPs 1935–1945
- Ulster Unionist Party members of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
- People from Aldenham
- Northern Ireland (UK) MP stubs