james, norritt, james, henry, norritt, fcis, 1887, july, 1963, northern, irish, businessman, lord, mayor, belfast, ulster, unionist, party, from, 1951, 1953, mayoralty, made, officio, member, senate, northern, ireland, norritt, born, belfast, 1887, elizabeth, . Sir James Henry Norritt JP DL FCIS 1887 21 July 1963 was a Northern Irish businessman who was Lord Mayor of Belfast for the Ulster Unionist Party from 1951 to 1953 His mayoralty made him an ex officio member of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1 Norritt was born in Belfast in 1887 2 the son of James Norritt and Elizabeth Best 3 4 He began his career in the Belfast shipbuilders Harland and Wolff working his way to an executive position From 1930 to 1962 he worked for the beverage company Cantrell and Cochrane before retiring 1 He was knighted in the 1953 Coronation Honours List References edit a b Obituary Sir James Norritt The Times 25 July 1963 p 12 Ireland Civil Registration Births Index 1864 1958 Ireland Census 1901 Headstones Down Dundonald Cemetery Belfast Co Down Ireland Genealogy Projects Archives Retrieved 18 April 2019 External links editBelfast City Government Lord Mayors Archived 18 June 2009 at the Wayback Machine Civic offices Preceded byW E G Johnston High Sheriff of Belfast1948 1949 Succeeded byRobert Harcourt Preceded byW E G Johnston Lord Mayor of Belfast1951 1953 Succeeded byPercival Brown nbsp nbsp This biographical article about a mayor in Northern Ireland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte nbsp nbsp This article about a member of the 1921 1973 House of Commons of Northern Ireland or Senate of Northern Ireland is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title James Norritt amp oldid 1049426383, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
