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3 unusual facts about Lord Mayor of Belfast


Anderson baronets

The Anderson Baronetcy, of Parkmount in the County of the City of Belfast and of Mullaghmore in the County of Monaghan, was created in the Baronetage of the United Kingdom on 22 June 1911 for Robert Anderson, Lord Mayor of Belfast from 1908 to 1910.

Coates baronets

He was a senior partner of William F. Coates & Co, stockbrokers, of Belfast, Lord Mayor of Belfast in 1920, 1921, 1922, 1929 and 1930 and a Member of the Senate of Northern Ireland.

McConnell baronets

It was created in 1900 for Robert McConnell, Lord Mayor of Belfast in 1900.


Conlig

Former Lord Mayor of Belfast, Cllr Ian Adamson OBE (born 1944) also grew up in Conlig, his family owned the village shop.

Earl of Shaftesbury

He was succeeded by his son, the 9th Earl, who was the Lord Mayor of Belfast, Lord Lieutenant of Belfast, County Antrim and Dorset and Lord Steward of the Household.

Eliza and Isabella Riddel

Governors of the permanent committee included the mayor of Belfast, the Church of Ireland Bishop of Down and five elected 'lady graduate governors' including F W Rea, one of the earliest women lecturers at Queen's, and Marion Andrews and Elizabeth Bell, two of the earliest women to qualify in medicine in Ireland.


see also

William Coates

Sir William Coates, 1st Baronet (1866–1932), Irish stockbroker, Lord Mayor of Belfast, 1920–1923, 1929–1931