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Encyclopedia > John Miller Andrews

John Millar Andrews (July 17, 1871 - August 5, 1956) was the second Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.


Andrews was born in Northern Ireland in 1871. He was educated at RBAI and became a flax-spinner and was also a wealthy landowner. Andrews served as a MP in the Northern Ireland Parliament from 1921 until 1953. He held a number of positions before becoming Prime Minister in 1940, including Minister for Labour and Minister for Finance. Andrews was also a member of the Orange Order.


In 1943 backbench dissent forced him from office. Five years later he became the Grand Master of the Orange Order.


His name is sometimes also spelled John Miller Andrews.

Preceded by:
Sir James Craig
Prime Ministers of Northern Ireland Followed by:
Sir Basil Brooke

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John Miller Andrews (July 17, 1871 – August 5, 1956) was the second Prime Minister of Northern Ireland.
His brother, Thomas Andrews, was managing director of the Harland and Wolff shipyard in Belfast and died in the sinking of the Titanic in 1912, another brother Sir James Andrews, 1st Baronet was Lord Chief Justice of Northern Ireland.
Andrews served as a MP in the Northern Ireland Parliament from 1921 until 1953 (for County Down constituency from 1921-29 and for Mid-Down from 1929-1953).
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The Andrews family loom large in the history of the mill and of the town of Comber, which to a large extent is a mill village, dominated by the spinning mill which was the major source of employment in the town.
John Andrews died in 1808 and was succeeded by his youngest son, James, during whose lifetime the business continued to expand under the name of James Andrews and Sons.
James Andrews was co-founder of the Unitarian/Non-Subscribing Presbyterian church in the town in 1838.
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