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25 march 1914 2 belfast east british 31 january 1849 25 march 1914 1914 queen 's college belfast belfast , ireland 150px barrister 19 december 1910 1910 julia gray robert james mcmordie.jpg robert james mcmordie gustav wilhelm wolff sir robert anderson cumran , ireland irish unionist alliance lord mayor of belfast robert sharman-crawford sir crawford mccullagh presbyterian robert james mcmordie

robert james mcmordie

robert james mcmordie , qc -lrb- 31 january 1849 -- 25 march 1914 -rrb- was an irish barrister , politician , and lord mayor of belfast .
son of the rev. j a mcmordie , he was born in cumran , county down , and educated at the royal academical institution , belfast and queen 's college , belfast .
he received an m.a. from queen 's university .
in 1874 he took silk , practising until 1899 .
in 1885 he married julia gray , daughter of sir william gray of west hartlepool , in 1885 .
he was a unionist member of the belfast corporation from 1907 , serving as the city 's lord mayor during the turbulent years from 1910 until his sudden death in 1914 .
member of parliament for east belfast from december 1910 , mcmordie was president of the irish industrial development association , belfast .
his statue stands in the grounds of belfast city hall .
in 1912 he helped to establish the young citizen volunteers of ireland , an entity which , until its merger into the ulster volunteers , spanned much of the province of ulster from isolated loyalist outposts on the atlantic coast of county donegal to east belfast , a unionist heartland .
the inauguration was in belfast on 10 september 1912 .
`` each member was to pay 2s .
6d .
on joining the ycvs and a further 6d .
each month : he was to attend weekly drills , there to learn modified military and police drill , single stick , rifle and baton exercises , signalling , knot-tying and other such exercises .
if possible he was also to gain some knowledge of life saving and ambulance work ... '' lord mayor mcmordie died at cabin hill , knock , belfast , aged 65 .
the hall in queen 's university students union was named after him until renamed the mandela hall .
