Rowley Elliott (23 April 1877 – 17 December 1944) was a
Unionist politician in
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland ( ga, Tuaisceart Éireann ; sco, label=Ulster-Scots, Norlin Airlann) is a part of the United Kingdom, situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, that is variously described as a country, province or region. North ...
.
Family and early life
Eldest of three sons of John R. Elliott, J.P, Coagh, his sisters were May Boyton Aiken and Agnes Witherow Bell.
He was educated at Cookstown Academy and the
Royal Belfast Academical Institution
The Royal Belfast Academical Institution is an independent grammar school in Belfast, Northern Ireland. With the support of Belfast's leading reformers and democrats, it opened its doors in 1814. Until 1849, when it was superseded by what today is ...
.
He married Annie Mary Berkeley and had one son; John Rowley Berkeley Elliott, and two daughters; Muriel and Miss A. Elliott.
His niece was
Florence Elliott, OBE.
Career
After school he entered his father's business, Messrs. J. E. Elliott, Ltd., hardware merchants and grocers, as Postmaster Grocer and Hardware Merchant.
Following this he went to become a farmer and breeder of Shorthorn cattle.
At the same time he was a member of
Tyrone County Council and served as its chairman. He was a
justice of the peace and Deputy Lieutenant for
County Tyrone
County Tyrone (; ) is one of the six counties of Northern Ireland, one of the nine counties of Ulster and one of the thirty-two traditional counties of Ireland. It is no longer used as an administrative division for local government but retain ...
. From 1925 to 1944 he was the Unionist
Member of Parliament
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(MP) in the Northern Ireland parliament for
Fermanagh and Tyrone and then
South Tyrone.
Elliott was also a member of the Orange Institution for many years, as well as the Masonic Order.
From 1941 to 1943 he served as
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour
Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Labour was a junior position within the British government, subordinate to the Minister of Labour. It was established in December 1916, at the same time as the Ministry of Labour. When the Ministry of La ...
under
J. M. Andrews.
Sources
* http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/biographies.html
1877 births
1944 deaths
Members of Tyrone County Council
Ulster Unionist Party members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland
Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1925–1929
Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1929–1933
Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1933–1938
Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1938–1945
Northern Ireland junior government ministers (Parliament of Northern Ireland)
Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for Fermanagh and Tyrone
Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for County Tyrone constituencies
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