Stratton Mills
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Stratton MIlls | |
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Member of Parliament for Belfast North | |
In office 8 October 1959 – 8 February 1974 | |
Preceded by | H. Montgomery Hyde |
Succeeded by | John Carson |
Personal details | |
Born | 1 July 1932 |
Political party | Ulster Unionist (until 1972) Conservative (1972-1973) Alliance (1973-present) |
William Stratton Mills (born 1 July 1932) is a retired solicitor and former politician in Northern Ireland.[1]
Mills was the first
Life
The son of Dr V.J.S. Mills, Mills was educated at
In August 1969, at the outset of
In December 1971, Mills derided the Republic of Ireland for being a safe haven for members of the Provisional Irish Republican Army. He stated that extradition requests for Dublin to turn over IRA members living in the Republic were ignored and on 22 occasions where British security forces came under fire from IRA members stationed at the nearby border of the Irish Republic and that Irish security forces sat by and took no action in stopping them. He also pointed out how IRA members operated freely in the Republic, including collecting money from local supporters, training camps, public meetings, and recruiting volunteers. He also pointed out how much of the gelignite used as explosives in detonating targets in Northern Ireland originated from the Republic:
[S]ome 60 percent of the gelignite used in Northern Ireland has come from Southern Ireland, and the security authorities believe that the figure might well be higher than that because of the difficulty of definite identification in all cases. In Northern Ireland steps are taken to control the use and distribution of gelignite. Certain steps have been taken recently in the South, but there is a great need for much tighter measures.[5]
In 1973, Mills joined the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland.[6] He retired from the House in 1974. He was also a partner in a solicitors firm, and served on Northern Ireland's Historic Buildings Council. Mills is a member of the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society and the Irish Georgian Society. He lives in Malone Park, Belfast.[7]
Following the death of Lord Morris of Aberavon on 5 June 2023, Mills became the last surviving former MP elected in the 1959 general election and the surviving former MP with the earliest date of first election.[8]
References
- ISBN 978-0-19-954088-4. Retrieved 5 May 2021.
- Irish Times, 1 February 1973
- New York Times, 30 August 1969
- ^ Mansbach, Richard (1973), Northern Ireland: Half a Century of Partition, Facts on File, Inc, New York, pg 58, ISBN 0-87196-182-2
- ^ "ADJOURNMENT (CHRISTMAS)". Hansard. 15 December 1971.
- ^ "North Belfast 1950-1970". www.ark.ac.uk.
- ^ New Appointments to Historic Buildings Council
- ^ Browne, Adrian. "Lord John Morris, ex-Welsh secretary and Blair attorney general dies". BBC. BBC. Retrieved 5 June 2023.
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