Thomas Lavery
Irish Unionist politician (1852–1938)
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Thomas Robert Lavery (1852–1938) was an Irish Unionist (and later Northern Irish Unionist) politician. He worked as a director of a hemstitching company before his election as an Ulster Unionist Party member of Down County Council.
Thomas Lavery | |
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 Lavery in 1921 | |
| Member of the Senate of Northern Ireland | |
| In office 1930-1938 | |
| Member of Parliament for Down | |
| In office 1921-1929 Serving with J. M. Andrews, James Craig, Éamon de Valera, Robert McBride, Thomas McMullan, Harry Mulholland, Patrick O'Neill | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 1852 |
| Died | 1938 (aged 85–86) |
| Party | Unionist |
Biography
He served as Deputy Lieutenant of County Down.[when?] At the 1921 Northern Ireland general election, he was elected in Down,[1] and he held his seat, unopposed, at the 1925 general election. He stood down in 1929, due to illness, but was nonetheless elected the following year to the Senate of Northern Ireland, serving until his death in 1938.[2]