Following the loss of his seat in Parliament, he was appointed by the Minister of Home Affairs as a commissioner from 1925–26 to inquire into the administration of the Housing Acts by Belfast Corporation. He was Judicial Commissioner of the Land Purchase Commission of Northern Ireland from 1927 to 1937 and Chancery Judge of the High Court of Northern Ireland from 1932 to 1943. He was also a member of the Senate of Queen's University, Belfast. He died on 2 May 1947.[1]
In August 1906, Megaw married Annie McElderry (1874-1968), who was also from Ballymoney and a QUB graduate, then teaching mathematics at the Rutland School in Dublin. Of their numerous children, daughter Helen Megaw became a noted crystallographer.
robert, megaw, robert, dick, megaw, october, 1867, 1947, irish, barrister, unionist, politician, megaw, born, ballymoney, antrim, october, 1867, farmer, john, megaw, ellen, dick, educated, ballymoney, intermediate, school, royal, belfast, academical, instituti. Robert Dick Megaw 26 October 1867 2 May 1947 was an Irish barrister and a Unionist politician Megaw was born in Ballymoney Antrim on 26 October 1867 the son of farmer John Megaw and Ellen Dick He was educated at Ballymoney Intermediate School the Royal Belfast Academical Institution and Queen s College Belfast and served as the 41st President of the Literary and Scientific Society Queen s University Belfast He practiced law in Dublin for a while being called to the Irish Bar in 1893 and serving as Professor of Common Law at King s Inns there from 1912 to 1914 He was appointed King s Counsel in 1921 In 1921 he moved back to Belfast where he was elected to the Parliament of Northern Ireland as one of seven members for County Antrim but was defeated in the general election of 1925 1 Megaw served as Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Home Affairs from 1921 to 1925 Following the loss of his seat in Parliament he was appointed by the Minister of Home Affairs as a commissioner from 1925 26 to inquire into the administration of the Housing Acts by Belfast Corporation He was Judicial Commissioner of the Land Purchase Commission of Northern Ireland from 1927 to 1937 and Chancery Judge of the High Court of Northern Ireland from 1932 to 1943 He was also a member of the Senate of Queen s University Belfast He died on 2 May 1947 1 In August 1906 Megaw married Annie McElderry 1874 1968 who was also from Ballymoney and a QUB graduate then teaching mathematics at the Rutland School in Dublin Of their numerous children daughter Helen Megaw became a noted crystallographer Notes edit a b Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections Results BiographiesExternal links edit Megaw Robert Dick Thom s Irish Who s Who Dublin Alexander Thom and Son Ltd 1923 p 164 via Wikisource Parliament of Northern IrelandNew constituency Member of Parliament for Antrim1921 1925 With Milne BarbourHugh O NeillGeorge Boyle HannaRobert CrawfordJohn Fawcett GordonJoseph Devlin Succeeded byMilne BarbourHugh O NeillThomas Stanislaus McAllisterRobert CrawfordGeorge Boyle HannaGeorge HendersonJohn Fawcett GordonPolitical officesNew office Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Home Affairs1921 1925 Succeeded byGeorge Boyle Hanna 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 Robert Megaw amp oldid 1193353722, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
