John David

December 24, 1937

Lord Kilclooney owns Alpha Newspapers which operates local newspaper titles in Northern Ireland and the Republic. Lord Kilclooney"s political career began as Member of Parliament for South Tyrone in the Northern Ireland House of Commons between 1965 and 1972 and served in the government of Northern Ireland as Minister of State at the Ministry of Home Affairs. In February 1972, he survived an assassination attempt by the Official Irish Republican Army. Two men, including Joe McCann (who was himself shot dead some months afterwards whilst evading arrest) raked his car with bullets, hitting Taylor five times in the head Taylor survived, but needed extensive reconstructive surgery on his jaw. Despite this, Taylor soon re-entered politics. He represented Fermanagh & South Tyrone in the short-lived Northern Ireland Assembly elected in 1973 and dissolved in 1974, following the collapse of the power-sharing Executive. On 20 January 1987, Taylor left the European Democrats, with whom the Conservatives sat, to join the controversial European Right group. He was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 1982 for North Down. He then became Member of Parliament for Strangford in 1983, until 2001. In February 1989 he joined the "hard right" Conservative Monday Club and appears on the list of their speakers at the Annual Conference of its Young Members" Group at the United Oxford & Cambridge Club in Pall Mall, on 18 November 1989, when he spoke on "The Union and Northern Ireland". Following the 2001 general election, on 17 July he was created a life peer as Baron Kilclooney, of Armagh in the County of Armagh. He sat on the Northern Ireland Policing Board between 1998 and 2006. He remains the only active politician to have participated in all levels of government in Northern Ireland, from local council, the Parliament of Northern Ireland, Westminster, Europe, all previous failed Assemblies and Conventions and the current incarnation of the Assembly. In January 2012, Taylor wrote to The Scotsman newspaper asserting that Scotland should be subject to partition, depending on the outcome of the Scottish independence referendum.

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Taylor was educated at The Royal School, Armagh, and The Queen"s University of Belfast (Bachelor of Science).

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Lord Kilclooney owns Alpha Newspapers which operates local newspaper titles in Northern Ireland and the Republic. Lord Kilclooney"s political career began as Member of Parliament for South Tyrone in the Northern Ireland House of Commons between 1965 and 1972 and served in the government of Northern Ireland as Minister of State at the Ministry of Home Affairs. In February 1972, he survived an assassination attempt by the Official Irish Republican Army.

Two men, including Joe McCann (who was himself shot dead some months afterwards whilst evading arrest) raked his car with bullets, hitting Taylor five times in the head

Taylor survived, but needed extensive reconstructive surgery on his jaw. Despite this, Taylor soon re-entered politics.

He represented Fermanagh & South Tyrone in the short-lived Northern Ireland Assembly elected in 1973 and dissolved in 1974, following the collapse of the power-sharing Executive. On 20 January 1987, Taylor left the European Democrats, with whom the Conservatives sat, to join the controversial European Right group.

He was elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly in 1982 for North Down.

He then became Member of Parliament for Strangford in 1983, until 2001. In February 1989 he joined the "hard right" Conservative Monday Club and appears on the list of their speakers at the Annual Conference of its Young Members" Group at the United Oxford & Cambridge Club in Pall Mall, on 18 November 1989, when he spoke on "The Union and Northern Ireland". Following the 2001 general election, on 17 July he was created a life peer as Baron Kilclooney, of Armagh in the County of Armagh.

He sat on the Northern Ireland Policing Board between 1998 and 2006.

He remains the only active politician to have participated in all levels of government in Northern Ireland, from local council, the Parliament of Northern Ireland, Westminster, Europe, all previous failed Assemblies and Conventions and the current incarnation of the Assembly. In January 2012, Taylor wrote to The Scotsman newspaper asserting that Scotland should be subject to partition, depending on the outcome of the Scottish independence referendum.

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Orange Order; 49th United Kingdom Parliament. 50th United Kingdom Parliament. 51st United Kingdom Parliament.

52nd United Kingdom Parliament.

1st Northern Ireland Assembly. 2nd Northern Ireland Assembly.

1st Northern Ireland Assembly (1982). 1st Northern Ireland Assembly (1973–1974)]

He was deputy leader of the UUP from 1995 to 2001, and a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly.

He is a member of the Farmers Club in London, and the County Club in Armagh City.

He became a Member of the European Parliament for Northern Ireland in 1979, remaining an Member of the European Parliament until 1989. He was a member of Castlereagh Borough Council from 1993–1997. He continued to sit as a member of the Northern Ireland Assembly until his retirement prior to the elections in March 2007.

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