Martin Kelso Wallace
Appearance
Sir Martin Kelso Wallace (3 May 1898 – 12 February 1978) was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.
Wallace attended Methodist College Belfast and served in the RNVR during the First World War.[1] He worked as a company director and was elected as an Ulster Unionist Party member of the Belfast Corporation. He was elected as Lord Mayor of Belfast in 1961 and served for two years.[2] He became a Knight Bachelor in 1963.[3] His mayoralty made him an ex-officio member of the Senate of Northern Ireland.
References
[edit]- ^ "WALLACE, Sir Martin (Kelso)". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
- ^ John F. Harbinson, The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882-1973, p. 209
- ^ "WALLACE, Sir Martin (Kelso)". Who's Who. A & C Black. Retrieved 30 July 2016.
Categories:
- 1898 births
- 1978 deaths
- High Sheriffs of Belfast
- Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1957–1961
- Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1961–1965
- Lord Mayors of Belfast
- People educated at Methodist College Belfast
- Knights Bachelor
- Ulster Unionist Party members of the Senate of Northern Ireland
- Parliament of Northern Ireland member stubs