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    William Neill (politician)

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    Sir William Frederick Neill (8 May 1889 – 3 January 1960) was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

    Neill studied at Belfast Model School before becoming an estate agent. He was elected as an Ulster Unionist Party alderman on the Belfast Corporation in 1938, and served as Lord Mayor of Belfast from 1946 to 1949. He was elected in the 1945 UK general election, for North Belfast, serving five years. He was knighted in 1948.[1] In 1954, he served as High Sheriff of Belfast, and then as Deputy Lord Mayor the following year.[2]

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    1. ^ John F. Harbinson, The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882-1973, p.181
    2. ^ Water and Water Engineering, Vol.64, p.84
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    Parliament of the United Kingdom
    Preceded by
    Thomas Somerset
    Member of Parliament for Belfast North
    1945–1950
    Succeeded by
    H. Montgomery Hyde
    Civic offices
    Preceded by
    Crawford McCullagh
    Lord Mayor of Belfast
    1946–1949
    Succeeded by
    W. E. G. Johnston
    Preceded by
    Robert Pierce
    High Sheriff of Belfast
    1954–1955
    Succeeded by
    Robin Kinahan


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