Robert Perceval-Maxwell

Captain John Robert Perceval-Maxwell (1897-????) was an Ulster Unionist Party politician from Northern Ireland.

Perceval-Maxwell was educated at Eton College and the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst. [ [http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/biographies.html Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons] ] He was called to the Bar but did not practise as a Barrister. [ [http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/biographies.html Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons] ] From 1935 to 1941 he was a member of the Senate of Northern Ireland, and again from 1941 until his resignation in 1945. [ [http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/hnisen.htm#P The Northern Ireland Senate, 1921-72] ] Between 1937 and 1937 he was Deputy Speaker of the Senate. [ [http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/hnisen.htm#P The Northern Ireland Senate, 1921-72] ] From the general election of 1945 he sat in the Northern Ireland House of Commons for the Ards [ [http://www.ark.ac.uk/elections/hnisen.htm#P The Northern Ireland Senate, 1921-72] ] until the general election of 1949 when he retired after being deselected. [ [http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/biographies.html Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons] ] He was Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Commerce from 21st September 1945 to 26th February 1949. [ [http://www.election.demon.co.uk/stormont/biographies.html Biographies of Members of the Northern Ireland House of Commons] ]

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