William Neill (politician)

Sir William Frederick Neill (8 May 1889 – 3 January 1960) was a unionist politician in Northern Ireland.

The Right Honourable Sir William Neill JP DL
Deputy Lord Mayor of Belfast
In office 1955
High Sheriff of Belfast
In office 1954
Preceded by	Robert Pierce
Succeeded by	Robert Kinahan
Lord Mayor of Belfast
In office 1946–1949
Preceded by	Sir Crawford McCullagh
Succeeded by	William E. G. Johnston
Member of Parliament for Belfast North
In office 1945–1949
Personal details
Born	(1889-05-08)8 May 1889 Belfast, Ireland
Died	3 January 1960(1960-01-03) (aged 70) SS Pretoria Castle
Party	Ulster Unionist Party

Neill studied at Belfast Model School before becoming an estate agent. He was elected as an Ulster Unionist Party alderman on the Belfast Corporation in 1938, and served as Lord Mayor of Belfast from 1946 to 1949.^[1][2] He was elected in the 1945 UK general election, for Belfast North, serving five years. He was knighted in 1948.^[1] In 1954, he served as High Sheriff of Belfast, and then as Deputy Lord Mayor the following year.^[3] Neill died on 3 January 1960 aboard the Union-Castle liner Pretoria Castle while returning home from overseas.^[4][5][2]