Sir Edward Archdale, 1st Baronet

Sir Edward Mervyn Archdale, 1st Baronet, PC (Ire), DL (26 January 1853 – 1 November 1943) was a Northern Irish politician.

Sir Edward Mervyn Archdale

Archdale was born the son of Nicholas Montgomery Archdale and his wife Adelaide Mary (née Porter) in Rossfad, County Fermanagh. He entered the Royal Navy in 1867. He was promoted Lieutenant in 1875 and retired in 1881.

He was appointed High Sheriff of Fermanagh for 1884. In 1898 he was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for North Fermanagh. He resigned in 1903, but regained the seat in 1916. The seat was abolished in 1922.

In 1921 he stood for the new Parliament of Northern Ireland and was elected for Fermanagh and Tyrone. He held that seat until 1929, and was then elected for Enniskillen, retiring in 1937.

From 1921 to 1925, he served as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce in the Government of Northern Ireland and continued as Minister of Agriculture from 1925 to 1933. As a landowner and practical farmer he was well-qualified for the job.

Archdale was appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland in the 1921 New Year Honours, entitling him to the style "The Right Honourable", and was created a baronet in 1928.[1] He was succeeded in the baronetcy by his eldest son, Vice-Admiral Sir Nicholas Edward Archdale.

Footnotes

  1. "No. 33400". The London Gazette. 3 July 1928. p. 4495.

References

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by
Richard Martin Dane
Member of Parliament for North Fermanagh
1898–1903
Succeeded by
Edward Mitchell
Preceded by
Godfrey Fetherstonhaugh
Member of Parliament for North Fermanagh
1916–1922
Succeeded by
Thomas Harbison
as MP for Fermanagh and Tyrone
Parliament of Northern Ireland
New parliament Member of Parliament for Fermanagh and Tyrone
1921–1929
With: Arthur Griffith 1921–1922
William Coote 1921–1924
Seán Milroy 1921–1925
William Thomas Miller 1921–1929
James Cooper 1921–1929
Seán O'Mahony 1921–1925
Thomas Harbison 1921–1929
Alexander Donnelly 1925–1929
Rowley Elliott 1925–1929
Cahir Healy 1925–1929
John McHugh 1925–1929
Constituency divided
New constituency
Member of Parliament for Enniskillen
1929–1937
Succeeded by
Erne Ferguson
Political offices
First Minister of Commerce of Northern Ireland
1921–1925
Succeeded by
John Milne Barbour
First Minister of Agriculture of Northern Ireland
1921–1933
Succeeded by
Sir Basil Brooke
Honorary titles
Preceded by
The Earl Belmore
Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone
1913–1916
Succeeded by
The Duke of Abercorn
Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by
William Lyons
Grand Master of the Orange Institution of Ireland
1926?–1941?
Succeeded by
Sir Joseph Davison
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation Baronet
of Riversdale, Fermanagh
1928–1943
Succeeded by
Sir Edward Archdale, 2nd Baronet
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