Balmoral Cemetery
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'Balmoral Cemetery' is a cemetery in the Malone area of South Belfast, Northern Ireland. It was opened in 1855 by Presbyterian church men Rev. Henry Cooke
and Rev. Joseph Mackenzie, on land owned by Mackenzie, after they had been refused burial by a Church of Ireland
rector in another cemetery. The cemetery controlled by a board of trustees which included three Presbyterian ministers, while most of the burials were for Presbyterians, other denominations were buried there.
In 1953, the cemetery was taken over by Belfast Corporation, while not open for burials the cemetery is open for visitors.
Henry Cooke (minister)
Henry Cooke D.D. was an Irish presbyterian leader of the early and mid-nineteenth century.-Upbringing:Henry Cooke came of a family of puritan settlers in County Down from Devonshire. He was the youngest son of John Cooke, tenant farmer of Grillagh, near Maghera, County Londonderry, by his second...
and Rev. Joseph Mackenzie, on land owned by Mackenzie, after they had been refused burial by a Church of Ireland
Church of Ireland
The Church of Ireland is an autonomous province of the Anglican Communion. The church operates in all parts of Ireland and is the second largest religious body on the island after the Roman Catholic Church...
rector in another cemetery. The cemetery controlled by a board of trustees which included three Presbyterian ministers, while most of the burials were for Presbyterians, other denominations were buried there.
In 1953, the cemetery was taken over by Belfast Corporation, while not open for burials the cemetery is open for visitors.
Notable Burials
- Reverend Joseph Mackenzie (1811-1883) - Presbyterian Minister and co-founder of the cemetery.
- Reverend Henry CookeHenry Cooke (minister)Henry Cooke D.D. was an Irish presbyterian leader of the early and mid-nineteenth century.-Upbringing:Henry Cooke came of a family of puritan settlers in County Down from Devonshire. He was the youngest son of John Cooke, tenant farmer of Grillagh, near Maghera, County Londonderry, by his second...
(1788-1868) - Presbyterian Minister and co-founder of the cemetery . - Dr Wilberforce Arnold (1838-1891) - founder of the Presbyterian Orphan Society
- William Batt (1840-1910) - architect.
- Prof. John Creery Ferguson(1802-1865) Physician and Fetologist, Professor of Medicine, Queen's College, Belfast.