G. B. Newe

Gerard Benedict "G.B." Newe, CBE, M.A., D.Litt. (5 February 1907 — 25 October 1982) was a Northern Irish Roman Catholic Unionist[1] politician and prominent Catholic layperson.

Biography

Born at Cushendall, County Antrim, he was the son of gardener Patrick Newe and the former Catherine McCanny. He attended St. Malachy's College. A journalist, Newe edited The Ulster Farmer from 1931 to 1967.[2] He helped to establish the Northern Ireland Council of Social Service and was Secretary of the group from 1948 to 1972.[2] He was also a founder of the cross-community Protestant and Catholic Encounter Group.[2] He was awarded an honorary MA by Queen's University Belfast in 1967.[3]

Political career

Newe served as Minister of State in the Northern Ireland Government from 1971 to 1972.[4] Although not a member of the parliament, he was appointed by Brian Faulkner as part of an attempt to liberalise the government of Northern Ireland. Newe was the only Catholic to serve as a minister in the original Stormont government.[5] He was appointed to Her Majesty's Privy Council of Northern Ireland on 27 October 1971 at Government House, Hillsborough.[6]

Awards

References
  1. Laura Cahillane, James Gallen, Tom Hickey, Judges, Politics and the Irish Constitution, Oxford University Press, 2017, ISBN 1526108208, pp. 199-200
  2. Chris Cook, The Routledge Guide to British Political Archives: Sources Since 1945, Routledge, 2012, ISBN 1136509623, p. 147
  3. QUB Honorary Degrees 1871-2016
  4. Conflict Archive on the Internet (CAIN) biography
  5. Alvin Jackson, Home Rule: An Irish History, 1800-2000, Oxford University Press, 2003, ISBN 019522048X, p. 249
  6. The Belfast Gazette, 5 November 1971
Political offices
New office Minister of State, Department of the Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
1971–1972		 Office abolished


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