The Recorder of Belfast is one of the two senior County Court judges of Northern Ireland known as Recorders, the other being the Recorder of Derry. The...
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A recorder is a judicial officer in England and Wales and some other common law jurisdictions. In the courts of England and Wales, the term recorder currently...
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partition of Ireland in 1921, the new Government of Northern Ireland decided that all recorderships except the recorder of Belfast and the recorder of Derry...
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Eoin Higgins (category Recorders of Belfast)
1971. In 1982 he became Recorder of Belfast. He became a judge of the High Court of Northern Ireland in 1984 and was in charge of the Family Division. He...
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Arthur Black (Unionist politician) (category Recorders of Belfast)
Recorder of Belfast and as a County Court judge. He served as Attorney General for Northern Ireland from 1939–1941, Recorder from 1941–43, Judge of the...
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Judge (category Positions of authority)
assigned to the county court divisions of Belfast and Derry have the titles of Recorder of Belfast and Recorder of Londonderry (or Derry) respectively,...
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their seats in the United Kingdom House of Commons due to their policy of abstentionism. UUP MPs sat as members of the Conservative Party until 1972. Gains...
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Walter Topping (category Recorders of Belfast)
Minister of Home Affairs. He resigned in 1959 to become the Recorder of Belfast, serving until 1978. In 1967, he became a member of the Privy Council of Northern...
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Daniel Martin Wilson (category Recorders of Belfast)
1919 to 1921. He stood down on appointment as Recorder of Belfast and as Land Judge of the Supreme Court of Northern Ireland in 1921. Hansard 1803–2005:...
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News Letter (redirect from The (Belfast) News Letter)
Belfast News Letter, but its coverage spans the whole of Northern Ireland (and often Great Britain and the Republic of Ireland), so the word Belfast does...
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1921 West Down by-election (category By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in County Down constituencies)
5 July 1921. The by-election was held due to the appointment as Recorder of Belfast of the incumbent UUP MP, Daniel Martin Wilson. The UUP candidate Thomas...
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Grundig (category Electronics companies of Turkey)
manufacture tape recorders in Belfast, Northern Ireland, the first production by Grundig outside Germany. The managing director of the plant, Thomas...
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The Belfast Telegraph is a daily newspaper published in Belfast, Northern Ireland, by Independent News & Media, which also publishes the Irish Independent...
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Robert Porter (Northern Ireland politician) (category Recorders of Belfast)
University Belfast which was interrupted by his military service during World War II. He returned to his studies in 1946 and graduated in 1949 Bachelor of Laws...
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1922 United Kingdom general election in Northern Ireland (category General elections in Northern Ireland to the Parliament of the United Kingdom)
focus of politics in Northern Ireland had shifted to the Parliament of Northern Ireland, after the first general election to the House of Commons of Northern...
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West Down (UK Parliament constituency) (category Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1885)
resigns. Wilson appointed as Recorder of Belfast Wallace appointed Chief Clerk to the High Court of Northern Ireland List of UK Parliament Constituencies...
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Court Judge and Temporary High Court Judge and Recorder of Belfast. For services to the Administration of Justice. Kate Bush (Catherine Bush), Singer and...
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Walker Craig KC former Recorder of Belfast and County Court Judge of Antrim Philip Dawson, Member of the Disposal Board, Ministry of Munitions Joseph Dobbie...
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This is a list of parliamentary by-elections in the United Kingdom held between 1918 and 1931, with the names of the incumbent and victor and their respective...
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Methodist College Belfast (MCB), locally known as Methody, is a co-educational voluntary grammar school in Belfast, located at the foot of the Malone Road...
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1904 Dublin St Stephen's Green by-election (category By-elections to the Parliament of the United Kingdom in Dublin (city) constituencies)
nomination. Matheson would go on to become a serjeant-at-law in 1911 and Recorder of Belfast in 1913. The Irish Parliamentary Party candidate was Laurence Ambrose...
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James Johnston Shaw (category Alumni of Queen's University Belfast)
succession to Sir Donald Currie. In 1909, he was created Recorder of Belfast, and County Court Judge of County Antrim. A singularly clear thinker and writer...
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Fitzgibbon's nephew, another Henry Fitzgibbon, was Recorder of Belfast. His family were members of the Church of Ireland. Annual Register, 1844, Chron. 323....
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Larne (Northern Ireland Parliament constituency) (category Constituencies of the Northern Ireland Parliament)
a County Court Judge Death of Robinson Appointment of Topping as Recorder of Belfast Parliament prorogued 30 March 1972 and abolished 18 July 1973 Northern...
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Robert Ehrlich (musician) (category British recorder players)
(born in 1965 in Belfast) is a Northern Irish recorder player and university professor. From October 2015 until 2019, he was rector of the Hochschule für...
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Old Bailey (redirect from Secondary of the City of London)
1973, the Belfast Brigade of the Provisional IRA exploded a car bomb in the street outside, killing one and injuring 200 people. A shard of glass is preserved...
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A24 road (Northern Ireland) (category Roads in Belfast)
Northern Ireland running from Belfast to Clough near Newcastle, passing through Carryduff and Ballynahinch. In Belfast, the route forms the Ormeau Road...
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Recorder, was first published on 31 December 1836. It was the first newspaper to be published in the town, and was owned by Conway Pilson, the son of...
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The Irish News (category Mass media in Belfast)
The Irish News is a compact daily newspaper based in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is Northern Ireland's largest-selling morning newspaper and is available...
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offices, the recorder's courtroom and the police courtroom. The furniture was made of polished oak with green Morocco leather. After Belfast was awarded...
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