| 词条 | David Graham Shillington |
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Major David Graham Shillington PC(NI) (10 December 1872 – 22 January 1944) was an Ulster Unionist politician. Early lifeShillington was a son of Thomas Primus Shillington (1831-1889), of Tavanagh House, Portadown, County Armagh, of a prominent Methodist mercantile family, by his wife Mary Jane (d. 1915), née Graham. His cousin was the factory owner and politician Thomas Shillington.[1][2] Shillington was educated at Methodist College Belfast and Rydalmount School, Colwyn Bay.[3] He was the proprietor of a general merchant's shop in Belfast. He served in the First World War as a Major in the 9th Royal Irish Fusiliers.[4] Political careerIn 1921, he was elected to the House of Commons of Northern Ireland as Unionist member for Armagh, and then for Armagh, Central in 1929 until he resigned on medical advice in February 1941. He served as Minister of Labour from 1937–38.[5] Personal lifeShillington and his wife Sarah Louisa (née Collen) lived at Ardeavon, Killycomain Road, Portadown,[6][7] and had six children. The youngest was (Robert Edward) Graham Shillington, who would become the Chief Constable of Royal Ulster Constabulary.[8] Son Thomas Graham Shillington served with the 9th Royal Irish Fusiliers, and was killed in action in 1917 aged 19, during the First World War. Victoria Cross recipient Lieutenant Geoffrey St. George Shillington Cather was the son of Shillington's sister.[9] References1. ^The Linen Houses of the Bann Valley: The Story of Their Families, Kathleen Rankin, Ulster Historical Foundation, 2007, pp. 203-209 2. ^A Call to Arms- Portadown and the Great War, Richard Edgar, 2014, p. 238 3. ^{{cite web|title=Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections Results: Biographies|url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/biographies.html|website=www.election.demon.co.uk|accessdate=30 May 2017}} 4. ^A Call to Arms- Portadown and the Great War, Richard Edgar, 2014, p. 238 5. ^{{cite web|title=The Government of Northern Ireland|url=http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/administration.html|website=www.election.demon.co.uk|accessdate=30 May 2017}} 6. ^The Linen Houses of the Bann Valley: The Story of Their Families, Kathleen Rankin, Ulster Historical Foundation, 2007, p. 206 7. ^A Call to Arms- Portadown and the Great War, Richard Edgar, 2014, pp. 238-239 8. ^{{cite news|title=Sir Graham Shillington|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1337555/Sir-Graham-Shillington.html|accessdate=17 September 2014|work=The Daily Telegraph|date=16 August 2001}} 9. ^A Call to Arms- Portadown and the Great War, Richard Edgar, 2014, pp. 238-239 Sources
| title = Member of Parliament for Armagh | years = 1921–1929 }}{{s-non | reason = Constituency abolished}}{{s-new | constituency }}{{s-ttl | title = Member of Parliament for Armagh Central | years = 1929–1941 }}{{s-aft | after = George Dougan }}{{s-off}}{{succession box | title = Minister of Labour | before = J. M. Andrews | after = John Fawcett Gordon | years = 1937–1938 }}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Shillington, David Graham}}{{Parliament-of-Northern-Ireland-member-stub}} 11 : 1872 births|1944 deaths|Ulster Unionist Party members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland|Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1925–29|Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1929–33|Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1933–38|Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1938–45|Members of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland Cabinet ministers (Parliament of Northern Ireland)|People educated at Methodist College Belfast|Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for County Armagh constituencies |
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