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Thomas Greer (senator)

Thomas Greer (senator)

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Thomas Macgregor Greer (31 January 1853 – 19 February 1928) was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

McGreer studied at Trinity College, Dublin, before becoming a solicitor.[1] He was elected to the first Senate of Northern Ireland as an Ulster Unionist Party member, despite having no political experience, and served for six-and-a-half years.[2]

Coat of arms of Thomas Greer
Notes
Confirmed 24 April 1915 by George James Burtchaell, Deputy Ulster King of Arms.[3]
Crest
An eagle displayed Proper charged on the breast with a quadtangular lock Argent.
Torse
Of the colours.
Escutcheon
Quarterly 1st & 4th Azure a lion rampant Or armed and langued Gules between three antique crowns of the second on a canton Argent an oak tree eradicated surmounted by a sword in bend sinister ensigned on the point with a royal crown all Proper (Greer) 2nd & 3rd Gules a garb banded Or on a chief of the last three human hearts of the first (Owden).
Motto
Memor Esto
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References

  1. [1]
    "Obituaries.", The Times, 22 February 1928, p.19
  2. [2]
    John F. Harbinson, The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882–1973, p.204
  3. [3]
    "Grants and Confirmations of Arms Vol. L, 1914-1919". National Library of Ireland. p. 49. Retrieved 26 June 2022. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
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