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Ulster Unionist Council

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noun

  1. a Northern Irish political party advocating the maintenance of union with the UK

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It was by general consent a triumph of organisation, the credit for which was very largely due to Mr. Richard Dawson Bates, the Secretary of the Ulster Unionist Council.

From Ulster's Stand For Union by McNeill, Ronald John

A knighthood was given to Mr. Dawson Bates, who had exchanged the Secretaryship of the Ulster Unionist Council for the portfolio of a Cabinet Minister.

From Ulster's Stand For Union by McNeill, Ronald John

Mr. Churchill's prudent change of plan relieved the extreme tension of the situation, and there was much speculation as to what influence had produced a result so satisfactory to the Ulster Unionist Council.

From Ulster's Stand For Union by McNeill, Ronald John

On the 6th of June Carson explained the Cabinet's proposals at a special meeting of the Ulster Unionist Council held in private.

From Ulster's Stand For Union by McNeill, Ronald John

On the 31st of January, 1911, when the elections were over, he went over from London to preside at an important meeting of the Ulster Unionist Council.

From Ulster's Stand For Union by McNeill, Ronald John