Roland Nugent

Sir Roland Thomas Nugent, 1st Baronet (19 June 1886 – 18 August 1962) was a politician from Northern Ireland. He was a member of the Senate of Northern Ireland from 1936 until his resignation in 1961. He served as Deputy Speaker (1938–1939 and 1944), Leader (1944–1950) and Speaker (1950–1961).^[1]

Born in Portaferry, Nugent studied at Eton College, Trinity College, Cambridge and the University of Bonn. He joined the diplomatic service in 1910, transferring to the Foreign Office in 1913. During World War I, he served with the Grenadier Guards.^[2]

Director of the Federation of British Industries 1916-17 and 1919-32. ^[3]

Having been knighted in 1929^[4] he was created a baronet in 1961.^[5] He married Cynthia Maud Ramsden, daughter of Captain Frederick William Ramsden and Lady Elizabeth Maud Conyngham (the daughter of the George Conyngham, 3rd Marquess Conyngham) on 25 September 1917. The couple had three children; both his sons were killed in action in the Second World War:

• Elizabeth Anne Nugent (born 10 March 1919)
• Lieutenant Patrick Edmund Charles Nugent (4 November 1920 – 27 April 1943)
• Lieutenant John Andrew Nugent (1 September 1925 – 5 October 1944)^[6]

References

1. Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland
2. "Obituary: Sir Roland Nugent", The Guardian, 29 August 1962, p.2
3. Marguerite Dupree, ed, Lancashire and Whitehall: The Diary of Sir Raymond Streat, Volume one: 1931-39, (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1987) p. 90.
4. The London Gazette: no. 33517. pp. 4699–4700. 16 July 1929.
5. The London Gazette: no. 42409. p. 5101. 11 July 1961.
6. thepeerage.com