Northern Ireland
Governors of Northern Ireland 1922-1973
The Governor of Northern Ireland, successor to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland , was the principal officer and representative of the British monarch in Northern Ireland. The Governor’s official residence was Hillsborough Castle in County Down.
The Duke of Abercorn 12 December 1922 – 6 September 1945
The Earl Granville 7 September 1945 – 1 December 1952
The Lord Wakehurst 1 December 1952 – 1 December 1964
The Lord Erskine of Rerrick 1 December 1964 – 27 November 1968
The Lord Grey of Naunton 27 November 1968 – 26 June 1973
The office of the Governor of Northern Ireland was abolished on 18 July 1973.
Prime Ministers of the United Kingdom of Great Britain & Northern Ireland (1921 – )
Andrew Bonar Law (Conservative)1922–1923
Stanley Baldwin (Conservative)1923–1924
James Ramsay MacDonald (Labour)1924–1924
Stanley Baldwin (Conservative)1924–1929
James Ramsay MacDonald (Labour)1929–1931
James Ramsay MacDonald (Coalition)1931–1935
Stanley Baldwin (Coalition)1935–1937
Neville Chamberlain (Coalition)1937–1940
Winston Churchill (Coalition)1940–1945
Clement R. Attlee (Labour)1945–1951
Sir Winston Churchill (Conservative)1951–1955
Sir Anthony Eden (Conservative)1955–1957
Harold Macmillan (Conservative)1957–1963
Sir Alec Frederick Douglas-Home (Conservative)1963–1964
Harold Wilson (Labour)1964–1970
Edward Heath (Conservative)1970–1974
Harold Wilson (Labour)1974–1976
James Callaghan (Labour)1976–1979
Margaret Thatcher (Conservative)1979–1990
John Major (Conservative)1990–1997
Tony Blair (Labour)1997–2007
Gordon Brown (Labour)2007–2010
David Cameron (Coalition)2010–
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Northern Ireland Prime Ministers 1921 – 1972
Sir James Craig (Viscount Craigavon from 1927) June 7, 1921 – November 24, 1940 (his death) Ulster Unionist
John Miller Andrews November 27, 1940 – May 1, 1943 Ulster Unionist
Sir Basil Brooke (Viscount Brookeborough from 1952) May 1, 1943 – March 26, 1963 Ulster Unionist
Terence O’Neill March 25, 1963 – May 1, 1969 Ulster Unionist
James Chichester-Clark May 1, 1969 – March 23, 1971 Ulster Unionist
Brian Faulkner March 23, 1971 – March 30, 1972 Ulster Unionist
British Secretaries of State for Northern Ireland 1972 – 2007
The Northern Ireland Secretary is the Minister of the Crown in the UK government with responsibilities for Northern Ireland, accountable to the British Parliament. Created in 1972, the position has switched between MPs from the Conservative Party and Labour Party.
The Secretary of State resides in Hillsborough Castle, Co, Down, the previous residence of the Governor and the official government and royal residence in Northern Ireland, and works through the Northern Ireland Office.
William Whitelaw 24 March 1972 – 2 December 1973 Conservative
Francis Pym 2 December 1973 – 4 March 1974 Conservative
Merlyn Rees 5 March 1974 – 10 September 1976 Labour
Roy Mason 10 September 1976 – 4 May 1979 Labour
Humphrey Atkins 5 May 1979 – 14 September 1981 Conservative
James Prior 14 September 1981 – 11 September 1984 Conservative
Douglas Hurd 11 September 1984 – 3 September 1985 Conservative
Tom King 3 September 1985 – 24 July 1989 Conservative
Peter Brooke 24 July 1989 – 10 April 1992 Conservative
Sir Patrick Mayhew 10 April 1992 -2 May 1997 Conservative
Mo Mowlam 3 May 1997 11 – October 1999 Labour
Peter Mandelson 11 October 1999 – 24 January 2001 (resigned) Labour
John Reid 25 January 2001 – 24 October 2002 Labour
Paul Murphy 24 October 2002 – 6 May 2005 Labour
Peter Hain 6 May 2005 . 27 June 2007 Labour
The current devolution settlement has lessened the Secretary of State’s role, granting many of the former powers to the Northern Ireland Assembly and Northern Ireland Executive. The Secretary of State is now generally limited to representing Northern Ireland in the UK cabinet, overseeing the operation of the devolved administration and a number of reserved and excepted matters which remain the sole competence of the UK Government e.g. security, human rights, certain public inquiries and the administration of elections.
Northern Ireland First Ministers and deputy First Ministers 1998 –
David Trimble Ulster Unionist 1 July 1998 – 14 October 2002 with
Seamus Mallon SDLP 1 July 1998 – 6 November 2001 and Mark Durkan SDLP 6 November 2001 – 14 October 2002
(Northern Ireland Assembly suspended from 2002 to 2007)
Dr Ian Paisley Democratic Unionist 8 May 2007 – 5 June 2008 and Peter Robinson Democratic Unionist 5 June 2008 – with
Martin McGuinness Sinn Féin 8 May 2007 –
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