Peter Kerr-Smiley
Peter Kerr-Smiley | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Robert Glendinning | |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Peter Kerr Smiley 22 February 1879 Royal Irish Rifles |
| Battles/wars | Second Boer War |
Peter Kerr Kerr-Smiley (22 February 1879 – 23 June 1943) was a Northern Irish Member of Parliament.
Family background and early life
He was born at
Royal Irish Rifles
.
Brother-in-law to Ernest Simpson
In 1905 he adopted the surname of Kerr-Smiley, and the same year married Maud Simpson, daughter of Ernest L. Simpson, a British shipbroker, and sister of
Abdication Crisis
. They had two children:
- Cyril Hugh Kerr-Smiley (1906–1980; married Agnes Sorell-Cameron)
- Elizabeth Maud Kerr-Smiley (1907–2006; married architectural historian Christopher Hussey)
Political career
Kerr-Smiley was a
Unionist in politics, and Chairman of the Belfast newspaper The Northern Whig. He unsuccessfully stood for South Down at the 1906 general election
.
Member of Parliament for North Antrim
He was elected for North Antrim in January 1910 and represented the constituency until 1922, in its 1950 recreation a constituency much later achieving significant prominence for decades by its MP the Rev. Dr. Ian Paisley.
Kerr-Smiley's London house was at 31 Belgrave Square, and he was a member of the Carlton Club, the Marlborough Club and the Cavalry Club.
References
- Michael Stenton and Stephen Lees (eds), Who's Who of British Members of Parliament Volume III 1919–1945, Brighton 1979, p. 196-197
- ^ "Smiley (post Kerr-Smiley), Peter Kerr (SMLY899PK)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ "No. 27189". The London Gazette. 4 May 1900. p. 2848.
- ^ "No. 27262". The London Gazette. 1 January 1901. p. 4.
- ^ "The Army in South Africa – The return of the Troops". The Times. No. 36809. London. 2 July 1902. p. 11.
- ^ "No. 27800". The London Gazette. 2 June 1905. p. 3939.
External links
- Hansard 1803–2005: contributions in Parliament by Peter Kerr-Smiley
- Maj Peter Kerr Kerr-Smiley at Find a Grave
- . . Dublin: Alexander Thom and Son Ltd. 1923. p. – via Wikisource.