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area of South

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, Northern Ireland, opened in 1855.

History

The cemetery was opened in 1855 by Presbyterian churchmen Rev. Henry Cooke and Rev. Joseph Mackenzie, on land owned by Mackenzie, after they had been refused burial by a

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rector in another cemetery. It was controlled by a board of trustees which included three Presbyterian ministers. While most of the burials were for Presbyterians, other denominations were buried there. Three Commonwealth soldiers (one each of British, Australian, and Canadian armies) of

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are buried in the cemetery, their graves maintained by the

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. In 1953, the cemetery was taken over by

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. It is no longer open for burials, but is open to visitors.Balmoral Cemetery
Belfast City Council

Notable burials

* Dr Wilberforce Arnold (1838–1891), founder of the Presbyterian Orphan Society * William Batt (1840–1910), architect * Reverend Henry Cooke (1788–1868), Presbyterian minister and co-founder of the cemetery * Prof. John Creery Ferguson (1802–1865), physician and fetologist, Professor of Medicine,

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Josias Leslie Porter Josias Leslie Porter DD LLD (1823–1889) was an Irish Presbyterian minister, missionary and traveller, who became an academic administrator. He was Moderator of the Irish General Assembly in 1875. Early life Born on 4 October 1823, he was you ...

(1823–1889), Presbyterian minister, missionary and traveller *

Hugh Hanna Hugh Hanna (21 February 1821 – 3 February 1892), nicknamed Roaring Hanna, was an Presbyterian minister in Belfast known for his anti-Catholicism. Biography Born in Dromara, County Down, Hanna studied at Bullick's Academy in Belfast before ...

(1821–1892), evangelical and anti-Catholic preacher * Reverend Joseph Mackenzie (1811–1883), Presbyterian minister and co-founder of the cemetery * Colonel Hampden Clement Blamire Moody (1821–1869), Commander of the Royal Engineers in China and Belfast *

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References

External links

Belfast City Council – Balmoral Cemetery
* {{Authority control Cemeteries in Belfast Protestant Reformed cemeteries Burials at Balmoral Cemetery, Belfast Belfast City Council Commonwealth War Graves Commission cemeteries in Northern Ireland

History

Notable burials

References

Further reading

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