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Basil McFarland

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and Auxiliary Force Association (Co. Londonderry), 1947–1962, and a member of its national Council. McFarland was Hon. Colonel of 9th Londonderry HAA Regiment of the Royal Artillery (SR), Hon. Colonel of 246th (Derry) (M) HAA Regiment RA (TA)and President of the Northern Ireland TA and Volunteer
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as Mayor of Derry, 1939-1940 and 1945–1950, a member of the Northern Ireland Air Advisory Council, 1946–1965, Chairman of Londonderry Port and Harbour Commissioners, 1952–1967, a member of the London Midland Area Board of the British Transport Commission, 1955–1961, and a trustee of
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He was a Commissioner of Irish Lights, an original member of the Northern Ireland Unemployment Assistance Board (to 1939), a Senator in the
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served overseas, in North Africa, Sudan, Palestine and Italy with 9th Londonderry HAA Regiment RA (SR) and was
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McFarland was married to Annie Kathleen Henderson (d. 1952), daughter of Andrew Henderson JP of Parkville,
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when his battery (25 HAA Battery) was redeployed as infantry in the Salerno beachhead in September 1943.
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Ltd, 1930–1970, the Belfast Bank Executor & Trustee Company, and the
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international (1920–1922). He succeeded to his father's title in 1926.
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His directorships and business interests included directorships of the
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The son of Sir John McFarland, 1st Baronet, he was a businessman, a
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He was Commanding Officer of the Londonderry City Battalion of the
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Ulster Unionist Party members of the Senate of Northern Ireland
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Lord Lieutenant of the County Borough of Londonderry
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Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1949–1953
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Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1945–1949
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Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1937–1941
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Sir Basil McFarland, 2nd Baronet
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Northern Irish
Ulster Unionist Party
Senator of Northern Ireland
Mayor of Derry
Lord Lieutenant of the County Borough of Londonderry
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Bedford School
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