About Henry Peirson Harland
Lived 1876 – 1945 (aged 68). Henry Peirson Harland was a British politician.
Henry Peirson Harland (1 September 1876 – 11 August 1945) was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.
Born in Uxbridge, Harland studied at Rugby School before being appointed as a director or Harland and Wolff, and of Short and Harland. He worked as an engineer worldwide before winning the Belfast East by-election in 1940 for the Ulster Unionist Party. Despite holding a seat in Northern Ireland, he lived in Aldenham, Hertfordshire. He died shortly before the 1945 general election.
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Who was Henry Peirson Harland?
British politician (1876-1945)
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Henry Peirson Harland was born on 1 September 1876 in Uxbridge.
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Henry Peirson Harland died on 11 August 1945 in Aldenham.
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Henry Peirson Harland was a politician.
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Henry Peirson Harland was British.
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