William Beattie (politician) William Beattie (politician) William Beattie (born 21 September 1942) is a former minister of religion and Unionist politician in Northern Ireland. Beattie grew up in Ballymena. In 1965, he became a student minister at the Dunmurry Free Presbyterian Church, and in 1967 he became a full minister in the Church, led by Ian Paisley. He also joined Paisley's Protestant Unionist Party (PUP), and became the deputy leader. In 1970, Beattie was elected to the Northern Ireland House of Commons in a by-election in South Antrim. On the same day, Paisley was elected for Bannside, and the two became the PUP's
Alexander Baring, 6th Baron Ashburton the famous 'Harcourt emeralds'. Alexander Baring, 6th Baron Ashburton Alexander Francis St Vincent Baring, 6th Baron Ashburton (7 April 1898 – 12 June 1991) was a British businessman and politician. Baring was the son of German Baring family member Francis Baring, 5th Baron Ashburton, a descendant of American statesman William Bingham, and Claire Hortense, daughter of French statesman Hugues-Bernard Maret, duc de Bassano. He was educated at Eton and the Royal Military College, Sandhurst, seeing active service during the First World War in the Royal Scots Greys. In the Second World War, he served in the Auxiliary Air Force, before