Myles Humphreys

Sir Myles Humphreys, JP, DL (died February 22, 1998) was a Northern Irish Ulster Unionist Party politician and activist, and an engineer and businessman.

He served as Lord Mayor of Belfast from 1975-77, and later chaired the Northern Irish Police Authority for a decade. He appears to have been the last Belfast Lord Mayor to be knighted to date.

Affiliations/positions

• 1976: Freeman of the City of London.
• 1946: Northern Ireland Board research engineer
• 1948-1955: Ulster Transport Authority research engineer

Other affiliations/positions

• Belfast Harbour Commissioner
• Senator, Junior Chamber International
• President, Northern Ireland Polio Fellowship
• Chairman, National Housing and Town Planning Council
• High Sheriff of Belfast (1969)
• Senate of Queen's University (1975-77)
• Chairman, Belfast Marathon (1981-85)
• Life member, Railway Preservation Society of Ireland (from 1970 until his death)
• President, City of Belfast Youth Orchestra
• Director, Ulster Orchestra Society (1980-81)
• Northern Ireland Tourist Board (1973-80)
• Chairman, Ulster Tourist Development Association (1968-78)

Education

Humphreys attended Skegoniell Primary School; Londonderry High School and the Belfast Royal Academy.

Death

Sir Myles Humphreys died on February 22, 1998, aged 72, from undisclosed causes.

External links

• Belfast Telegraph obituary
• St Anne's Cathedral (Belfast) website
• Theatre NI website

Civic offices
Preceded by Hugh Brown	High Sheriff of Belfast 1969–1970	Succeeded by John William Kennedy
Preceded by William Christie	Lord Mayor of Belfast 1975–1977	Succeeded by James Stewart