William Jenkins (Northern Ireland politician)
Politician from Northern Ireland (born 1904)
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Sir William Jenkins (25 July 1904 – January 1983) was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.
Preceded byMartin Kelso Wallace
Succeeded byWilliam Duncan Geddis
Preceded byWilliam Duncan Geddis
Succeeded byWilliam McCracken
Sir William Jenkins | |
|---|---|
| Lord Mayor of Belfast | |
| In office 1963–1966 | |
| Preceded by | Martin Kelso Wallace |
| Succeeded by | William Duncan Geddis |
| High Sheriff of Belfast | |
| In office 1961–1962 | |
| Preceded by | William Duncan Geddis |
| Succeeded by | William McCracken |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 25 July 1904 |
| Died | 1983 |
Jenkins studied at the Belfast College of Technology[1] then worked in Bombay from 1931 to 1956 as the director of a tea company. He then returned to Northern Ireland, where he held numerous directorships, but also found time to sit on the Belfast Corporation as an Ulster Unionist Party member. He served as Lord Mayor of Belfast from 1963 to 1966.[2]