Sir Edward Archdale, 1st Baronet

Sir Edward Mervyn Archdale, 1st Baronet PC (Ireland), DL (26 January 1853 — 1 November 1943) was a Northern Irish politician.

Archdale was born in Rossfad, County Fermanagh. He was educated at the Naval School in Portsmouth and entered the Royal Navy in 1866. He was promoted Lieutenant in 1875 and retired in 1880. He was appointed High Sheriff of Fermanagh for 1884. In 1898 he was elected Conservative Member of Parliament for North Fermanagh. He resigned in 1903, but regained the seat in 1916.

In 1921 he resigned to stand for the new Parliament of Northern Ireland and was elected for Fermanagh and Tyrone. He held that seat until 1929, and was then elected for Enniskillen, retiring in 1937.

From 1921 to 1925, he served as Minister of Agriculture and Commerce in the Government of Northern Ireland and continued as Minister of Agriculture from 1925 to 1933. As a landowner and practical farmer he was well-qualified for the job.

Archdale was appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland in the 1921 New Year Honours, entitling him to the style "The Right Honourable", and was created a baronet in 1928. He was succeeded by his eldest son, Vice-Admiral Sir Nicholas Edward Archdale, 2nd Bt.

References

• Obituary, The Times, 3 November 1943

External links

• Bio at The Peerage.com

Parliament of the United Kingdom
Preceded by Richard Martin Dane	Member of Parliament for North Fermanagh 1898–1903	Succeeded by Edward Mitchell
Preceded by Godfrey Fetherstonhaugh	Member of Parliament for North Fermanagh 1916–1922	Succeeded by Thomas Harbison as MP for Fermanagh and Tyrone
Parliament of Northern Ireland
New constituency from part of Fermanagh and Tyrone	Member of Parliament for Enniskillen 1929–1937	Succeeded by Erne Ferguson
Political offices
First	Minister of Commerce of Northern Ireland 1921–1925	Succeeded by John Milne Barbour
First	Minister of Agriculture of Northern Ireland 1921–1933	Succeeded by Sir Basil Brooke
Honorary titles
Preceded by The Earl Belmore	Lord Lieutenant of Tyrone 1913–1916	Succeeded by The Duke of Abercorn
Non-profit organization positions
Preceded by William Lyons	Grand Master of the Orange Institution of Ireland 19??–1943	Succeeded by Sir Joseph Davison
Baronetage of the United Kingdom
New creation	Baronet of Riversdale, Fermanagh 1928–1943	Succeeded by Sir Edward Archdale, 2nd Baronet