Minister of Education (Northern Ireland)

The Minister of Education was a member of the Executive Committee of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland

Executive Committee of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland

The Executive Committee or the Executive Committee of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland was the government of Northern Ireland created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920. Generally known as either the Cabinet or the Government, the Executive Committee existed from 1922 to 1972...

(Cabinet

Cabinet (government)

A Cabinet is a body of high ranking government officials, typically representing the executive branch. It can also sometimes be referred to as the Council of Ministers, an Executive Council, or an Executive Committee.- Overview :...

) in the Parliament of Northern Ireland

Parliament of Northern Ireland

The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature of Northern Ireland, created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which sat from 7 June 1921 to 30 March 1972, when it was suspended...

which governed Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland

Northern Ireland is one of the four countries of the United Kingdom. Situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland, it shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

from 1921 to 1972.

#	Name	Took Office	Prime Minister Prime Minister of Northern Ireland The Prime Minister of Northern Ireland was the de facto head of the Government of Northern Ireland. No such office was provided for in the Government of Ireland Act 1920. However the Lord Lieutenant, as with Governors-General in other Westminster Systems such as in Canada, chose to appoint someone...
1.	Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry Charles Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry Charles Stewart Henry Vane-Tempest-Stewart, 7th Marquess of Londonderry, KG, MVO, PC, PC , styled Lord Stewart until 1884 and Viscount Castlereagh between 1884 and 1915, was an Anglo-Irish peer and had careers in both Irish and British politics...	7 June 1921	Craig
2.	James Caulfeild, 8th Viscount Charlemont James Caulfeild, 8th Viscount Charlemont James Edward Caulfeild, 8th Viscount Charlemont, PC , DL was an Irish Peer, elected to the British House of Lords as a Representative Peer and to the Parliament of Northern Ireland as a Senator...	8 January 1926	Craig
	Vacant	13 October 1937	Craig	N/A
3.	John Hanna Robb John Hanna Robb John Hanna Robb was a Northern Irish barrister and Ulster Unionist Party politician.The son of Rev. J. Gardner Robb, DD, LLD, Robb was educated at Royal Belfast Academical Institution, Queen's College, Belfast and called to the Bar at Gray's Inn and King's Inns, Dublin in 1898.He was a Stormont MP...	1 December 1937	Craig, Andrews
4.	Robert Corkey Robert Corkey The Very Rev. Professor Robert Corkey, PC , was a Presbyterian minister, a professor of theology and a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland....	6 May 1943	Brookeborough Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, Bt, KG, CBE, MC, PC, HML was an Ulster Unionist politician who became the third Prime Minister of Northern Ireland in 1943 and held office until 1963....
5.	Samuel Hall-Thompson Samuel Hall-Thompson Lt-Col. Samuel Hall-Thompson was a Unionist politician from Northern Ireland.Hall-Thompson was born in Crawfordsburn and studied at Dulwich College. His father, Rt. Hon. Robert Thompson, DL, was also an MP...	21 March 1944	Brookeborough Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, Bt, KG, CBE, MC, PC, HML was an Ulster Unionist politician who became the third Prime Minister of Northern Ireland in 1943 and held office until 1963....
6.	Harry Midgley Harry Midgley Henry Cassidy Midgley, PC , known as Harry Midgley was a prominent politician in Northern Ireland. Born to a unionist family in Belfast, he worked in the textile industry before joining the Royal Engineers during World War I....	12 January 1950	Brookeborough Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, Bt, KG, CBE, MC, PC, HML was an Ulster Unionist politician who became the third Prime Minister of Northern Ireland in 1943 and held office until 1963....
7.	William May William May (politician) William Morrison May was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.May was born at Marlborough Park, Belfast, the son of William May JP, and educated at Methodist College, Belfast...	17 May 1957	Brookeborough Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, Bt, KG, CBE, MC, PC, HML was an Ulster Unionist politician who became the third Prime Minister of Northern Ireland in 1943 and held office until 1963....
8.	Ivan Neill Ivan Neill Sir Ivan Neill was an Army officer and Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.-Early life:Born in Belfast, Ireland, Neill studied at Ravenscroft National School and Shaftesbury Tutorial College before receiving a BSc in Economics from Queen's University, Belfast...	12 March 1962	Brookeborough Basil Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough Basil Stanlake Brooke, 1st Viscount Brookeborough, Bt, KG, CBE, MC, PC, HML was an Ulster Unionist politician who became the third Prime Minister of Northern Ireland in 1943 and held office until 1963.... , O'Neill Terence O'Neill Terence Marne O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, PC was the fourth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the Ulster Unionist Party...
9.	Herbert Kirk Herbert Kirk Herbert Kirk was an Ulster Unionist cabinet minister in Parliament of Northern Ireland.Born in Belfast, Kirk studied at Queen's University, Belfast before becoming an accountant....	22 July 1964	O'Neill Terence O'Neill Terence Marne O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, PC was the fourth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the Ulster Unionist Party...
10.	William Fitzsimmons William Fitzsimmons (politician) William Kennedy Fitzsimmons was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Born in Belfast, Fitzsimmons studied at Skegoneill National School and Belfast Technical College. He became a domestic engineer, and in 1948 was appointed as a Belfast Water Commissioner, serving as chairman of the...	2 April 1965	O'Neill Terence O'Neill Terence Marne O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, PC was the fourth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the Ulster Unionist Party...
11.	William Long	7 October 1966	O'Neill Terence O'Neill Terence Marne O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, PC was the fourth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the Ulster Unionist Party...
12.	William Fitzsimmons William Fitzsimmons (politician) William Kennedy Fitzsimmons was a Unionist politician in Northern Ireland.Born in Belfast, Fitzsimmons studied at Skegoneill National School and Belfast Technical College. He became a domestic engineer, and in 1948 was appointed as a Belfast Water Commissioner, serving as chairman of the...	19 December 1968	O'Neill Terence O'Neill Terence Marne O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, PC was the fourth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the Ulster Unionist Party...
13.	Phelim O'Neill	12 March 1969	O'Neill Terence O'Neill Terence Marne O'Neill, Baron O'Neill of the Maine, PC was the fourth Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and leader of the Ulster Unionist Party...
14.	William Long	3 May 1969	Chichester-Clark James Chichester-Clark James Dawson Chichester-Clark, Baron Moyola, PC, DL was the penultimate Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and eighth leader of the Ulster Unionist Party between 1969 and March 1971. He was Member of the Northern Ireland Parliament for South Londonderry for 12 years beginning at the by-election... , Faulkner Brian Faulkner Arthur Brian Deane Faulkner, Baron Faulkner of Downpatrick, PC was the sixth and last Prime Minister of Northern Ireland from March 1971 until his resignation in March 1972...

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