Brian McConnell, Baron McConnell
Robert William Brian McConnell, Baron McConnell (born November 25, 1922 in Belfast - † October 25, 2000 ) was a Member of Parliament in the Northern Irish House of Commons for the Ulster Unionist Party .
He was a grandson of Sir Robert McConnell, 1st Baronet . He went to Sedbergh School in Cumbria and Queen's University in Belfast, where he studied law and was eventually accepted into the Bar of Northern Ireland .
As a junior unionist, he attended the 1947 Conservative Party Conference in Brighton , where he gave a pleasant speech on one of the resolutions to an audience of 3,500. He was first elected to the Parliament of Northern Ireland in the Northern Irish election of 1953. In 1962 Lord Brookeborough appointed him Secretary of State for the Treasury (Government Chief Whip), and after a temporary position at the then relatively new Ministry of Health, he became Minister of Home Affairs in 1964.
In 1966, Ian Paisley led a protest for the appointment of a new moderator in the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland . The Governor of Northern Ireland , Lord Erskine, was assaulted on entering the building, which led to a deterioration in his health and ultimately to his death. McConnell, who was in London at the time , was blamed for this and therefore the possibility of being elected to important positions was extinguished.
McConnell was always a close confidante of James Molyneaux and was raised to the nobility on February 15, 1995 as Baron McConnell , of Lisburn in the County of Antrim , possibly because Prime Minister John Major relied on the votes of the Ulster Unionist Party to order to be able to continue his minority government. Molyneaux was criticized for his age after McConnell's appointment, because it was thought that a younger candidate could have been nominated. McConnell was an active member of the House of Lords until his death on October 25, 2000 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Lord McConnell: Unionist politician who tried to oust Terence O'Neill. Telegraph, October 31, 2000.
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| SURNAME | McConnell, Brian, Baron McConnell |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | McConnell, Robert William Brian, Baron McConnell |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British politician, Member of Parliament in the Northern Irish House of Commons and later in the House of Lords |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 25, 1922 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Belfast |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 25, 2000 |