About Herbert Heslip
Lived 1924 – 1992 (aged 67–68). Herbert Heslip was a British politician and farmer.
Herbert Heslip (1913 in Ballinaskeagh, near Banbridge, County Down – 1992) was a Northern Irish politician with the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP). Political career Heslip was a well-known figure in County Down Unionism, serving as a member of Down District Council from 1968 to 1973 and then of Banbridge District Council until 1985.
Heslip was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly of 1973, serving as Deputy Speaker, and also sat in its successor the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention, in both cases for South Down. By conviction, however, he supported a return to the Parliament of Northern Ireland. He also served as Vice-President of the loyalist vigilante group Down Orange Welfare.
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Who was Herbert Heslip?
British politician (1924-1992)
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Herbert Heslip was born in 1924.
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Herbert Heslip died in 1992.
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Herbert Heslip was a politician and farmer.
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Herbert Heslip was British.
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