Robert Gordon Sharman-Crawford
PC (8 September 1853 – 20 March 1934) was a
unionist politician in
Northern Ireland
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.
Sharman-Crawford studied at
Trinity College, Dublin
Trinity College Dublin (), officially titled The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity of Queen Elizabeth near Dublin, and legally incorporated as Trinity College, the University of Dublin (TCD), is the sole constituent college of the Univ ...
before becoming an officer in the
British Army
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and managing the family estates. He served in the
16th Lancers
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History
Early wa ...
until he resigned from regular service, and on 2 December 1898 was appointed
lieutenant-colonel of the 3rd (
Militia
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) battalion of the
Royal Irish Rifles
The Royal Irish Rifles (became the Royal Ulster Rifles from 1 January 1921) was an light infantry rifle regiment of the British Army, first created in 1881 by the amalgamation of the 83rd (County of Dublin) Regiment of Foot and the 86th (Royal ...
. He was granted the honorary rank of
colonel
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In the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries, a colon ...
on 14 February 1900.
He was elected for the
Ulster Unionist Party
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at the
Belfast East by-election in April 1914, although the seat was abolished in
1918
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. He returned to Parliament at the
Mid Down by-election in July 1921 but, the following year, this seat was also abolished. In 1921, he was also elected to the
Senate of Northern Ireland
The Senate of Northern Ireland was the upper house of the Parliament of Northern Ireland created by the Government of Ireland Act 1920. It was abolished with the passing of the Northern Ireland Constitution Act 1973.
Powers
In practice the Se ...
, and served until his death in 1934.
[John F. Harbinson, ''The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882-1973'', p.205]
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1853 births
1934 deaths
Alumni of Trinity College Dublin
Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1921–1925
Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1925–1929
Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1929–1933
Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1933–1937
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for County Down constituencies (1801–1922)
UK MPs 1918–1922
Ulster Unionist Party MPs
Members of the Privy Council of Ireland
Members of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for Belfast constituencies (1801–1922)
16th The Queen's Lancers officers
Ulster Unionist Party members of the Senate of Northern Ireland