Thomas Greer (senator)

Thomas Macgregor Greer (31 January 1853 – 19 February 1928) was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

McGreer studied at Trinity College, Dublin, before becoming a solicitor.^[1] He was elected to the first Senate of Northern Ireland as an Ulster Unionist Party member, despite having no political experience, and served for six-and-a-half years.^[2]

Coat of arms of Thomas Greer
Notes Confirmed 24 April 1915 by George James Burtchaell, Deputy Ulster King of Arms.^[3] Crest An eagle displayed Proper charged on the breast with a quadtangular lock Argent. Torse Of the colours. Escutcheon Quarterly 1st & 4th Azure a lion rampant Or armed and langued Gules between three antique crowns of the second on a canton Argent an oak tree eradicated surmounted by a sword in bend sinister ensigned on the point with a royal crown all Proper (Greer) 2nd & 3rd Gules a garb banded Or on a chief of the last three human hearts of the first (Owden). Motto Memor Esto

References

^ "Obituaries.", The Times, 22 February 1928, p.19
^ John F. Harbinson, The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882–1973, p.204
^ "Grants and Confirmations of Arms Vol. L, 1914-1919". National Library of Ireland. p. 49. Retrieved 26 June 2022. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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