William Maynard Sinton JP (1 February 1860 – 31 December 1942) was High Sheriff of
County Armagh
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, an
Ulster Unionist
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County Council
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lor for Armagh and industrialist.
Sinton was the eldest son, and heir, of
Thomas Sinton
Thomas Sinton, JP (February 1826 – 20 August 1887) was an Irish industrialist and magistrate. Sinton made a significant impact upon the Irish linen trade; not least establishing the village of Laurelvale, County Armagh.
Thomas Sinton was born ...
linen
Linen () is a textile made from the fibers of the flax plant.
Linen is very strong, absorbent, and dries faster than cotton. Because of these properties, linen is comfortable to wear in hot weather and is valued for use in garments. It also ...
firm of ''Thomas Sinton & Co. Ltd.'' (
flax
Flax, also known as common flax or linseed, is a flowering plant, ''Linum usitatissimum'', in the family Linaceae. It is cultivated as a food and fiber crop in regions of the world with temperate climates. Textiles made from flax are known i ...
spinners). Maynard Sinton attended school at Kendal, Westmoreland and at
Newtown School, Waterford
Newtown School is a multidenominational, coeducational independent school with both day and boarding pupils in Waterford, Ireland. It is run by a Board of Management, but owned by the Religious Society of Friends.
History
Newtown School ...
. Sinton's uncle was the linen manufacturer
John Sinton
John Sinton, JP, (born 1 November 1835 in Tamnaghmore House, Co. Armagh; died 13 September 1890 in Ravernet, Co. Down), was an Ulster Scot industrialist, philanthropist and Quaker. He was the seventh child of nine born to David Sinton (1792– ...
owner of the Ravarnette Weaving Company; his cousin, a grandson of the same John Sinton, was the
Victoria Cross
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winner
John Alexander Sinton
Brigadier John Alexander Sinton, (2 December 1884 – 25 March 1956) was a British medical doctor, malariologist, soldier, and a recipient of the Victoria Cross, the highest award for gallantry in the face of the enemy that can be awarded to B ...
. He continued to manage the firm following his father's death and took up residence a Ballyards Castle Armagh.
Sinton married, on 16 March 1905 at Tandragee, Myra Atkinson, of Park View,
Tandragee
Tandragee () is a village in County Armagh, Northern Ireland. It is built on a hillside overlooking the Cusher River, in the civil parish of Ballymore and the historic barony of Orior Lower. It had a population of 3,486 people in the 2011 Cen ...
, daughter of William H. Atkinson, solicitor and sometime agent to the
Duke of Manchester
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Armagh Cathedral There are two St Patrick's Cathedrals in Armagh, Northern Ireland:
*St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh (Church of Ireland), the Anglican cathedral (and the Catholic cathedral prior to the Protestant Reformation)
* St Patrick's Cathedral, Armagh (Roman ...
);
*
Second Lieutenant
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Australia
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Maynard Bunbury Sinton (1916–1940) (ed.
Radley College
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and the
Royal Military Academy Sandhurst
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Battle of the Ypres–Comines Canal
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Mentioned in Dispatches
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.
Before the
Second World War
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the family employed over 20 staff on the estate including two chauffeurs, a governess (a Miss Glenda Rowe), cooks, servants and gardeners. They kept
racehorse
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s and a pack of
beagle
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s, as Mr. Sinton was a leading light at 'big shoots' and Irish
gun dog
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Types
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trials. The Ballyards cup was presented every year at the Armagh point-to-point races.
One of the first owners of a motor car in the county the registration on his Clement was ''IB 1''. In 1893 he was the guest-of-honour at the opening of
County Armagh Golf Club
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. He was a member of the ''Royal Irish Automobile Club'', the ''United Service Club'',
Dublin
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, ''
Stephen's Green
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Club'', Dublin, the ''Union Club'',
Belfast
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and the ''County'', Armagh.
Upon his death, without a male heir, his main business interests passed to his brother, Frederick Buckby Sinton, of Banford House,
Tullylish
Tullylish ()PlaceNamesNI - Tullylish Information on Banford House at Banbridge District Council Maynard Sinton was buried at the Friends' (Quaker) Meeting House, Moyallon, near Gilford. The Sintons retained the Ballyards estate until the late 1950s and, in the early 1960s, the castle became the home, for a few years, of Vernon College, a boarding school for boys formerly situate at
Dunmurry
Dunmurry (; ) is an urban townland in Belfast, Northern Ireland. Dunmurry is in the Collin electoral ward for the local government district of Belfast City Council.
History
Until the end of the 18th century, Dunmurry was largely an agricul ...