| 词条 | Robert Megaw |
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Robert Dick Megaw (1869 – 2 May 1947) was an Irish barrister and a Unionist politician. He was educated at Ballymoney Intermediate School, the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Queen's College, Belfast. He was called to the Irish Bar in 1893 and was Professor of Common Law at King's Inns from 1912 to 1914. He was appointed King's Counsel in 1921. In 1921, he was elected to the Parliament of Northern Ireland as one of seven members for County Antrim, but was defeated in the general election of 1925.[1] Megaw served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Home Affairs from 1921 to 1925. Following the loss of his seat in Parliament, he was appointed by the Minister of Home Affairs as a commissioner from 1925–26 to inquire into the administration of the Housing Acts by Belfast Corporation. He was Judicial Commissioner of the Land Purchase Commission of Northern Ireland from 1927 to 1937 and Chancery Judge of the High Court of Northern Ireland from 1932 to 1943. He was also a member of the Senate of Queen’s University, Belfast. He died on 2 May 1947.[1] Megaw was the father of Helen Megaw, a noted crystallographer. Notes1. ^1 Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections Results: Biographies {{s-start}}{{s-par|ni}}{{s-new | constituency}}{{s-ttl| title=Member of Parliament for Antrim | years=1921–1925 | with = Milne Barbour | with2 = Hugh O'Neill | with3 = George Boyle Hanna | with4 = Robert Crawford | with5 = John Fawcett Gordon | with6 = Joseph Devlin }}{{s-aft | after = Milne Barbour | after2 = Hugh O'Neill | after3 = Thomas Stanislaus McAllister | after4 = Robert Crawford | after5 = George Boyle Hanna | after6 = George Henderson | after7 = John Fawcett Gordon }}{{s-off}}{{s-new | office}}{{s-ttl |title=Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Home Affairs |years = 1921–1925 }}{{s-aft | after = George Boyle Hanna }}{{s-end}}{{authority control}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Megaw, Robert Dick}}{{Parliament-of-Northern-Ireland-member-stub}} 9 : 1869 births|1947 deaths|Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland 1921–25|Northern Ireland junior government ministers (Parliament of Northern Ireland)|Ulster Unionist Party members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland|British judges|High Court judges of Northern Ireland|Northern Ireland Queen's Counsel|Members of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for County Antrim constituencies |
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