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Martin Kelso Wallace

Martin Kelso Wallace

Politician from Northern Ireland

Sir Martin Kelso Wallace (3 May 1898 – 12 February 1978) was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

Wallace attended Methodist College Belfast and served in the RNVR during the First World War.[1] He worked as a company director and was elected as an Ulster Unionist Party member of the Belfast Corporation. He was elected as Lord Mayor of Belfast in 1961 and served for two years.[2] He became a Knight Bachelor in 1963.[3] His mayoralty made him an ex-officio member of the Senate of Northern Ireland.

References

  1. [1]
    "WALLACE, Sir Martin (Kelso)". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
  2. [2]
    John F. Harbinson, The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882-1973, p. 209
  3. [3]
    "WALLACE, Sir Martin (Kelso)". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
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