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Spartanburg SC | GoUpstate.com | Spartanburg Herald-Journal (523 words) |
 | 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. |