John Miller Andrews
John Miller Andrews (born July 17, 1871 in Comber , County Down , † August 5, 1956 ) was a Northern Irish politician and the second Prime Minister of Northern Ireland .
Andrews was born in Comber, Northern Ireland, in the UK in 1871 . He received his education at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution . He earned his money with a flax - spinning . He was also a wealthy landowner. His brother Thomas Andrews , technical director of the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast , was killed in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912 . Andrews was an MP in the Northern Irish House of Commons from 1921 to 1953 . Before his election as prime minister in 1940, he held other positions in the cabinet, including labor minister and later finance minister.
A dispute with backbenchers in 1943 ended with his resignation, but he remained a recognized party leader for three more years. Since 1929, Andrews was the last member of parliament that belonged to the founding parliament of 1921 and was therefore regarded as the Father of the House .
Like all six Prime Ministers, Andrews was a member of the Orange Order . In 1948 he was appointed Grand Master of the Orange Order.
John Miller Andrews was an active member of the Non-Subscribing Presbyterian Church of Ireland . He attended Sunday services regularly in his hometown of Comber. He went to the church that was built on a piece of land donated by his great-grandfather. After his death he was buried in the small cemetery by the church.
His name is given as Millar Andrews in some sources. The name comes from the maternal great-uncle, John Miller of Comber (1795-1883).
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- Prominent Persons Index card ( Memento from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) of the Public Record Office of Northern Ireland
- History of the party chairman ( Memento of 14 March 2007 at the Internet Archive ) of the Ulster Unionist Party - Website (English)
- The National Archives of the United Kingdom
- Scoular, Clive (2004). John M. Andrews: Northern Ireland's Wartime Prime Minister by Clive Scoular ( February 6, 2012 memento on the Internet Archive ) - Scoular, Clive (2004). John M. Andrews: Northern Ireland's Wartime Prime Minister by Clive Scoular
Footnotes
- ↑ Plantation of Ulster - Religious Legacy - from the BBC History website, as of November 28, 2006.
- ↑ See above sources
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Andrews, John Miller |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Northern Irish politician and second Northern Irish Prime Minister |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 17, 1871 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Comber , County Down |
| DATE OF DEATH | 5th August 1956 |
| Place of death | Comber , County Down |