John Hanna Robb

John Hanna Robb (4 November 1873 – 21 June 1956) was a Northern Irish barrister and Ulster Unionist Party politician.^[1]

The son of Rev. J. Gardner Robb, DD, LLD and Martha, daughter of Rev. John Hanna, of Ballymagowan House.^[2] Robb was born in Clogher and was educated at Royal Belfast Academical Institution, Queen's College, Belfast and called to the Bar at Gray's Inn and King's Inns, Dublin in 1898.^[3]^[4]

He was a Stormont MP for Queen's University from 1921 to 1937, following which he was Leader of the Senate of Northern Ireland and Minister for Education, becoming leader of the senate on 15 December 1937 until 1943.^[5] From 1939 to 1943, he was Father of the Northern Irish Bar. From 1943 until retirement in 1954 he sat as a County Court judge.^[1]

Robb lived at Deramore Park, North Belfast,^[6] with his wife Emily and their daughter.

References

^ ^a ^b Murphy, William. "Robb, John Hanna". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Retrieved 22 July 2024.
^ Clogher Valley Marriage Announcements, cotyroneireland.com; accessed 21 February 2020.
^ Harbinson, John Fitzsimons (January 1973). The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882-1973: its development and organisation. Blackstaff Press. p. 208. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
^ Leabhar na h Éireann: the Irish year book and world directory. Kenny Press. 1922. p. 75. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
^ Hutchins, Roger (20 June 2008). British University Observatories, 1772-1939. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd. p. 426. ISBN 978-0-7546-3250-4. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
^ Northern Ireland. Parliament. Senate (1937). Parliamentary Debates. The Senate Official Report. Retrieved 17 September 2012.

Parliament of Northern Ireland
New parliament	Member of Parliament for Queen's University of Belfast 1921–1937 With: John Campbell 1921–1929 Robert James Johnstone 1921–1938 Hugh Morrison 1921–1929 Robert Corkey 1929–1943 Robert McNeill 1929–1935 Arthur Brownlow Mitchell from 1935	Succeeded by Robert Corkey John MacDermott Robert James Johnstone Arthur Brownlow Mitchell
Political offices
Preceded by Robert McKeown	Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Education 1925–1937	Succeeded by Dehra Parker
Preceded by James Caulfeild	Minister of Education 1937–1943	Succeeded by Robert Corkey
Preceded by James Caulfeild	Leader of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1937–1943	Succeeded by Robert Corkey

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