William Samuel Fyffe Explained

William Samuel Fyffe
Office:Member of Parliament
for North Tyrone
Term Start:1969
Term End:1973
Predecessor:Thomas Lyons
Successor:Parliament abolished
Birth Date:1914 9, df=yes
Birth Place:Strabane, Northern Ireland

William Samuel Fyffe (7 September 1914 – 15 April 1989)[1] was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

Born on Gourlieville Terrace in Strabane, Fyffe was the son of Wilson Fyffe, a Solicitors Clerk, and Margaret Cochrane.[2] Fyffe worked as a journalist and became active in the Ulster Unionist Party.[3] He was the Chairman of the North West Cricket Union,[4] and was known for his strident opposition to civil rights marches.

Fyffe was narrowly elected in North Tyrone at the 1969 Northern Ireland general election, serving until the Parliament was prorogued in 1972.

References

  1. http://www.kabristan.org.uk/county-tyrone/strabane-cemeteries-f.html Transcription of William Fyffe's gravestone
  2. https://civilrecords.irishgenealogy.ie/churchrecords/images/birth_returns/births_1914/01403/1577023.pdf William Samuel Fyffe's Birth Certificate from 1914
  3. Sydney Elliot and William D. Flackes, Northern Ireland: a political directory, 1968-1999, p.264
  4. http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/biographies.html Northern Ireland Parliamentary Elections Results: Biographies