John Porter-Porter Explained

John Porter-Porter (3 April 1855 - 10 August 1939) was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

Biography

He was born John Porter Archdale on 3 April 1855,[1] the son of Nicholas Montgomery Archdale of Crock-na-crieve, co. Fermanagh. He studied at The King's School, Worcester[2] and Caius College, Cambridge,

Notes and References

  1. The internet site thepeerage.com suggests he was born in 1853, but Alumni Cantabrigienses and the Introduction to the Porter family papers held at PRONI agree in giving the year as 1855.
  2. John F. Harbinson, The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882-1973, p.205

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