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Robert McMordie was a solicitor and Unionist politician who served five consecutive terms as Lord Mayor from 1910 to 1914. The son of a Presbyterian minister, Reverend J. A. McMordie, Robert was born at Cumran, County Down, in 1849. He was educated at Queen’s College, Belfast and practised as a solicitor from 1874 to 1899. McMordie was elected to the Belfast Corporation in 1907. In his last term as Lord Mayor, McMordie and his wife were granted the freedom of the city. He was returned as the MP for East Belfast in December 1910, representing the Irish Unionist party. He held the seat until his death on 25th March 1914. He founded the Young Citizen Volunteers of Ireland, a Unionist youth organisation which carried out militia-style training.
A sculpture of McMordie, by Frederick Pomeroy, can be found in the grounds of Belfast City Hall.
Belfast City Hall
Belfast
Title
Robert James McMordie, Lord Mayor of Belfast (1910–1914)
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
H 175 x W 125 cm (E)
Accession number
1914-001
Work type
Painting
Belfast City Hall
Donegal Place, Belfast, County Antrim BT1 5GS Northern Ireland
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