The Lord O'Neill of the Maine | |
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4th Prime Minister of Northern Ireland | |
In office 25 March 1963 – 28 April 1969 | |
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
Governor | |
Preceded by | The 1st Viscount Brookeborough |
Succeeded by | James Chichester-Clark |
7th Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party | |
In office 25 March 1963 – 1 May 1969 | |
Preceded by | The 1st Viscount Brookeborough |
Succeeded by | James Chichester-Clark |
Minister of Finance | |
In office 21 September 1956 – 25 March 1963 | |
Prime Minister | The Viscount Brookeborough |
Preceded by | George Boyle Hanna |
Succeeded by | Jack Andrews |
Minister of Home Affairs | |
In office 20 April 1956 – 23 October 1956 | |
Prime Minister | The Viscount Brookeborough |
Preceded by | George Boyle Hanna |
Succeeded by | W. W. B. Topping |
High Sheriff of Antrim | |
In office 1 January 1953 – 31 December 1953 | |
Preceded by | Hugh Cameron McGildowney |
Succeeded by | George Clark |
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal | |
In office 23 January 1970 – 12 June 1990 Life Peerage | |
Member of the Northern Ireland Parliament for Bannside | |
In office 7 November 1946 – 16 April 1970 | |
Preceded by | Malcolm William Patrick |
Succeeded by | Ian Paisley |
Personal details | |
Born | London, England | 10 September 1914
Died | 12 June 1990 Lymington, England | (aged 75)
Political party | Ulster Unionist Party |
Spouse |
Katharine Jean (m. 1944) |
Children | 2 |
Relatives | James Chichester-Clark Phelim O’Neill |
Education | Eton College |
Alma mater | Sandhurst |
Military service | |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Branch/service | British Army |
Years of service | 1940–1945 |
Rank | Captain |
Unit | 6th Guards Tank Brigade |
Battles/wars | World War II |
Terence Marne O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, PC (NI) (10 September 1914 – 12 June 1990), was the fourth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and leader (1963–1969) of the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP). A moderate unionist who sought to reconcile sectarian divisions in Northern Ireland society and met with his counterpart in the Irish Republic, he was a member of the Parliament of Northern Ireland for the Bannside constituency from 1946 until his resignation in January 1970.