Charles C. Connor, Mayor of Belfast (1889, 1890 & 1891)

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Charles Cunningham Connor was born in Belfast on 12th November 1841. He had an interest in chemistry and graduated from Queen’s University Belfast in 1860. Connor went on to patent a number of linen bleaching processes and was a Fellow of the Chemical Society. He became a Partner in Messrs Sadler, Fenton & Co., a linen merchants, and had commercial interests in numerous other linen companies in the north of Ireland. In 1882, Connor entered the Belfast Corporation (now Belfast City Council) as a Councillor for St George’s Ward and was elected an Alderman in 1890. Connor was involved in negotiations which resulted in securing the grounds of the Old White Linen Hall as a site for the present City Hall. In 1892, Connor was elected as a Conservative MP for North Antrim.

Belfast City Hall

Belfast

Title

Charles C. Connor, Mayor of Belfast (1889, 1890 & 1891)

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 145 x W 115 cm (E)

Accession number

1891-001

Work type

Painting

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