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William George Turner

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Politician (1872–1937)

Sir William George Turner (1872 – 14 June 1937) was an American-born unionist politician in Northern Ireland, who served as Lord Mayor of Belfast for over five years.

Life

Born in United States, Turner became a fruiterer on the Shankill Road.

He first stood for election to Belfast Corporation in the Cliftonville ward in 1909. Although he was officially an independent Unionist, he had the backing of the local Conservative Party. However, he was defeated by the footballer William Kennedy Gibson. Turner was later successful as an Ulster Unionist Party candidate for the city council. He served as Lord Mayor of Belfast from 1923 to 1928; his mayoralty also made him an ex-officio member of the Senate of Northern Ireland.

He was knighted in 1924, while in 1927 he was appointed to the Privy Council of Northern Ireland.

Arms

Coat of arms of William George Turner
Notes
Granted 8 August 1929 by Sir Nevile Rodwell Wilkinson, Ulster King of Arms.
Crest
A lion rampant of the field charged with a bell Or.
Escutcheon
Gules on a pale Argent a dexter hand appaume couped at the wrist between two pomegranates Proper on a chief Ermine a bell Or.
Motto
Diligentia Cresco

References

  1. ^ 1911 Census of Ireland http://www.census.nationalarchives.ie/pages/1911/Antrim/Woodvale/Shankill_Road/179707/
  2. Neal Garnham, Association football and society in pre-partition Ireland, p.157
  3. "Grants and Confirmations of Arms Volume M". National Library of Ireland. p. 265. Retrieved 24 August 2022.
Civic offices
Preceded bySamuel Mercier High Sheriff of Belfast
1920 – 1921 		Succeeded byJoseph Davison
Preceded byWilliam Coates Lord Mayor of Belfast
1923–1928 		Succeeded byWilliam Coates
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