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Conolly Gage
Member of Parliament
for Belfast South
In office
26 July 1945 – 4 November 1952
Preceded byWilliam Stewart
Succeeded byDavid Campbell
Personal details
Born(1905-11-10)10 November 1905
Died3 October 1984(1984-10-03) (aged 78)
NationalityBritish
Political partyUlster Unionist Party
SpouseElinor Nancy Martyn
Alma materCambridge University
Inner Temple
ProfessionBarrister, Judge

Conolly Hugh Gage (10 November 1905 – 3 October 1984) was a British politician and judge.

Life

A nephew of Sir Denis Henry, Bt., Gage was educated at Repton School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge.[1] He was called to the Bar from the Inner Temple in 1930,[2] and built up a London practice. In 1932, he married Elinor Nancy Martyn.

In 1939, Gage joined the Royal Artillery as a gunner. With the First Canadian Army in the Second World War, he became lieutenant colonel and assistant judge advocate general.[3]

He was elected as an Ulster Unionist Member of Parliament for Belfast South in 1945, resigning in 1952. He was also Recorder of Saffron Walden and Maldon from 1950 to 1952, a County Court judge from 1958 to 1971 and a circuit judge from 1972 to 1978.[1]

His son, William Gage, was also a judge.

References

  1. ^ a b "His Honour Conolly Gage", The Times, 8 October 1984, p. 16
  2. ^ A. D. McDonnell, The Life of Sir Denis Henry: Catholic Unionist, Ulster Historical Foundation, 2000
  3. ^ Harbinson, John F. (1973). The Ulster Unionist Party, 1882–1973. Belfast: Blackstaff Press. p. 182. ISBN 0856400769.
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Member of Parliament for Belfast South
1945–1952
Succeeded by