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William McCammond

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William McCammond, as Lord Mayor

Sir William McCammond was an Irish Unionist politician who served as Lord Mayor of Belfast between 1894 and 1896.[1] He was knighted in 1895[2] and died in 1898.[3] McCammond was active in trying to resolve the Belfast and Clyde shipbuilders' crisis of 1895 .[4][5]

Arms

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Coat of arms of William McCammond
Notes
Granted by Sir John Bernard Burke, Ulster King of Arms, on 20 December 1895.[6]
Crest
Out of a mural crown a lion's head Gules charged on the neck with a bell Argent.
Escutcheon
Or a fess Vair between three sea horses Proper.
Motto
Justus Ac Tenax

References

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  1. ^ Anon. "Former Mayors and Lord Mayors". Belfast City Council. Retrieved 1 July 2014.
  2. ^ The Knights of England. Genealogical Publishing Com. 1906. p. 396. ISBN 978-0-8063-0443-4.
  3. ^ "BELFAST MAGNATE DEAD". Cheltenham Chronicle. British Newspaper Archive. 5 March 1898.
  4. ^ Anon (1895). "THE CRISIS IN THE SHIPBUILDING TRADE" (PDF). The Engineer: 545.
  5. ^ Anon (1895). "THE CRISIS IN THE SHIPBUILDING TRADE" (PDF). The Engineer: 621.
  6. ^ "Grants and Confirmations of Arms, Vol. H". National Library of Ireland. p. 347.
Civic offices
Preceded by Lord Mayor of Belfast
1894–1896
Succeeded by
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