John Barnhill (politician)
- John Barnhill (politician)
John Eccles Nixon Barnhill (d. 12 December 1971) was an Ulster Unionist Party member of the Senate of Northern Ireland in the Stormont Parliament. He was killed by three members of the Official IRA, who later fled across the border, [ [http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,905596,00.html Time Magazine, "Acceptable Violence?"] ] at his home, Brickfield House, near Strabane. He had been a senator since 1962 and served as Deputy Speaker from 1967 to 1968. [ [http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/hnisen.htm Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland] ] His home was also destroyed as a result of an explosion during the incident. [ [http://cain.ulst.ac.uk/sutton/chron/1971.html Sutton Index of Deaths from the Conflict in Ireland] ]
A plaque commemorating his murder was unveiled at Stormont on the 30th anniversary of his death on 12 December 2001. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/northern_ireland/1670470.stm The BBC, "Murdered Senators to be Honoured"] ] [ Moody, Martin and Byrne, "A New History of Ireland: Volume VIII: A Chronology of Irish History to 1976", p. 457] [Demaris, "Brothers in blood: the international terrorist network', P. 339]
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