Norman Stronge

Norman Stronge
Sir Norman Stronge wearing the Speaker's wig.
Speaker of the
Northern Ireland House of Commons
In office
1945–1956
In office
1956–1969
Member of the
Northern Ireland House of Commons
In office
1938–1969
ConstituencyMid Armagh
Personal details
Born
Charles Norman Lockhart Stronge

(1894-07-23)23 July 1894
Bryansford, County Down, Ireland
Died21 January 1981(1981-01-21) (aged 86)
Tynan Abbey, County Armagh, Northern Ireland
Manner of deathAssassination (gunshot wounds)
Political partyUlster Unionist Party
Spouse(s)Gladys Olive Hall (born 23 July 1894; m. 1921–1980; her death); 4 children
ChildrenJames Stronge
Daphne Marian, Mrs Kingan
Evelyn Elizabeth Stronge
Rosemary Diana Stronge

Sir Charles Norman Lockhart Stronge, 8th Baronet, MC, PC, JP (23 July 1894 – 21 January 1981) was a senior Ulster Unionist Party politician in Northern Ireland.

Before his involvement in politics, he fought in the First World War as a junior officer in the British Army. He fought in the Battle of the Somme in 1916 and was awarded the Military Cross. His positions after the war included Speaker of the House of Commons of Northern Ireland for twenty-three years.

He was shot and killed[1] (aged 86), along with his son, James (aged 48), by the Provisional Irish Republican Army in 1981 at Tynan Abbey, their home, which was burnt to the ground during the attack.

  1. ^ Tim Pat Coogan, The IRA; ISBN 0-00-636943-X, chapter 33.