Douglas Savory Explained

Sir Douglas Savory
Office:Member of Parliament
for South Antrim
Term Start:23 February 1950
Term End:6 May 1955
Predecessor:Constituency recreated
Charles Craig (1921)
Office1:Member of Parliament
for Queen's University of Belfast
Term Start1:2 November 1940
Term End1:3 February 1950
Predecessor1:Thomas Sinclair
Successor1:Constituency abolished
Birth Date:17 August 1878
Birth Place:Palgrave, England
Death Place:Belfast, Northern Ireland
Party:Ulster Unionist Party
Alma Mater:St John's College, Oxford
Nationality:British
Profession:Academic

Sir Douglas Lloyd Savory (17 August 1878 – 5 October 1969)[1] was a professor of French and a member of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.

He was born at Palgrave in Suffolk and educated at Marlborough College and St John's College, Oxford. He taught French and English including at the University of Marburg before becoming Professor of French Language and Romance Philology at Queen's University, Belfast in 1909. In the First World War, he was attached to the Intelligence Division of the Admiralty.

Following the death of Thomas Sinclair, Savory was elected unopposed as Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament (MP) for the seat of Queen's University of Belfast, retiring from his university chair. He held the seat until its abolition in 1950, at which point he was elected for South Antrim, which he represented until 1955. He was knighted in 1952.

He became special investigator into the Katyn massacre of Polish officers in 1940. He was president of the Huguenot Society of London.[2]

References

  1. Web site: ElectionsIreland.org: Prof Douglas Savory. electionsireland.org.
  2. Web site: Public Record Office of Northern Ireland (PRONI). 4 March 2016. nidirect.