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Stormont

Stormont

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  • Viscount of Stormont
    Viscount of Stormont
    Viscount Stormont is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1621 by James VI for his friend and helper Sir David Murray who had saved him from the attack of Earl Gowrie in 1600. Murray had already been created Lord Scone, also in the Peerage of Scotland in 1605...

     is a title in the Peerage of Scotland; it was created in 1621 by James VI for Sir David Murray
    David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield
    David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield PC KT , known from 1748 to 1793 as the Viscount Stormont, was a British politician. He succeeded to both the Mansfield and Stormont lines of the Murray family, inheriting two titles and two fortunes.-Life:Mansfield was the son of David Murray, 6th Viscount of...

     who had saved him from the attack of Earl Gowrie in 1600.

  • Lord Stormont
    David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield
    David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield PC KT , known from 1748 to 1793 as the Viscount Stormont, was a British politician. He succeeded to both the Mansfield and Stormont lines of the Murray family, inheriting two titles and two fortunes.-Life:Mansfield was the son of David Murray, 6th Viscount of...

     was British
    Kingdom of Great Britain
    The Kingdom of Great Britain, also known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain, was a sovereign state in northwest Europe, in existence from 1707 to 1801...

     ambassador to France in the 18th century.


The Stormont Estate
Stormont Estate
The Stormont Estate is the collective name for government grounds and buildings in the Stormont suburb of east Belfast, Northern Ireland.-Stormont regulations:...

in east Belfast
Belfast
Belfast is the capital of and the largest city in Northern Ireland, a constituent country of the United Kingdom. It is the seat of devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly. It is the largest urban area in the province of Ulster, and the second largest city on the island of...

, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and it is situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

.
  • Stormont Castle
    Stormont Castle
    Stormont Castle is a baronial mansion on the Stormont Estate in east Belfast which is used as the main meeting place of the Northern Ireland Executive, following the resoration of devolved government....

    , currently used by the Northern Ireland Executive
    Northern Ireland Executive
    The Northern Ireland Executive is the executive arm of the Northern Ireland Assembly, the devolved legislature for Northern Ireland. It is answerable to the Assembly and was established according to the terms of the Northern Ireland Act 1998...

    .
  • Parliament Buildings
    Parliament Buildings (Northern Ireland)
    Parliament Buildings, known as Stormont because of its location in the Stormont area of Belfast, is the seat of the Northern Ireland Assembly and the Northern Ireland Executive...

    , colloquially known as "Stormont." Location of the Northern Ireland Assembly
    Northern Ireland Assembly
    The Northern Ireland Assembly is the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland. It has power to legislate in a wide range of areas that are not explicitly reserved to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and to appoint the Northern Ireland Executive...

    .
  • Stormont House
    Stormont House
    Stormont House is the headquarters of the Northern Ireland Office, it is situated in the Stormont Estate in Belfast in Northern Ireland....

    , a government building in Stormont.
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Peerages

  • Viscount of Stormont
    Viscount of Stormont
    Viscount Stormont is a title in the Peerage of Scotland. It was created in 1621 by James VI for his friend and helper Sir David Murray who had saved him from the attack of Earl Gowrie in 1600. Murray had already been created Lord Scone, also in the Peerage of Scotland in 1605...

     is a title in the Peerage of Scotland; it was created in 1621 by James VI for Sir David Murray
    David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield
    David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield PC KT , known from 1748 to 1793 as the Viscount Stormont, was a British politician. He succeeded to both the Mansfield and Stormont lines of the Murray family, inheriting two titles and two fortunes.-Life:Mansfield was the son of David Murray, 6th Viscount of...

     who had saved him from the attack of Earl Gowrie in 1600.

People

  • Lord Stormont
    David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield
    David Murray, 2nd Earl of Mansfield PC KT , known from 1748 to 1793 as the Viscount Stormont, was a British politician. He succeeded to both the Mansfield and Stormont lines of the Murray family, inheriting two titles and two fortunes.-Life:Mansfield was the son of David Murray, 6th Viscount of...

     was British
    Kingdom of Great Britain
    The Kingdom of Great Britain, also known as the United Kingdom of Great Britain, was a sovereign state in northwest Europe, in existence from 1707 to 1801...

     ambassador to France in the 18th century.

Structures


The Stormont Estate
Stormont Estate
The Stormont Estate is the collective name for government grounds and buildings in the Stormont suburb of east Belfast, Northern Ireland.-Stormont regulations:...

in east Belfast
Belfast
Belfast is the capital of and the largest city in Northern Ireland, a constituent country of the United Kingdom. It is the seat of devolved government and legislative Northern Ireland Assembly. It is the largest urban area in the province of Ulster, and the second largest city on the island of...

, Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and it is situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

.
  • Stormont Castle
    Stormont Castle
    Stormont Castle is a baronial mansion on the Stormont Estate in east Belfast which is used as the main meeting place of the Northern Ireland Executive, following the resoration of devolved government....

    , currently used by the Northern Ireland Executive
    Northern Ireland Executive
    The Northern Ireland Executive is the executive arm of the Northern Ireland Assembly, the devolved legislature for Northern Ireland. It is answerable to the Assembly and was established according to the terms of the Northern Ireland Act 1998...

    .
  • Parliament Buildings
    Parliament Buildings (Northern Ireland)
    Parliament Buildings, known as Stormont because of its location in the Stormont area of Belfast, is the seat of the Northern Ireland Assembly and the Northern Ireland Executive...

    , colloquially known as "Stormont." Location of the Northern Ireland Assembly
    Northern Ireland Assembly
    The Northern Ireland Assembly is the devolved legislature of Northern Ireland. It has power to legislate in a wide range of areas that are not explicitly reserved to the Parliament of the United Kingdom, and to appoint the Northern Ireland Executive...

    .
  • Stormont House
    Stormont House
    Stormont House is the headquarters of the Northern Ireland Office, it is situated in the Stormont Estate in Belfast in Northern Ireland....

    , a government building in Stormont. Occupied by the Civil Service and Northern Ireland Office.
  • Stormont (cricket ground)
    Stormont (cricket ground)
    Stormont is a first-class cricket ground in Belfast, Northern Ireland. It is situated in the grounds of the Stormont Estate, the seat of government in Northern Ireland, and is the home of Civil Service North of Ireland Cricket Club....

    , first-class cricket ground in the Stormont Estate

Geographic features


Canada
  • Stormont, Nova Scotia
    Stormont, Nova Scotia
    Stormont is a community in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia, located in the Municipality of the District of Guysborough in Guysborough County.-References:**...

    , a community in Guysborough County
    Guysborough County, Nova Scotia
    Guysborough County is a county in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia.-History:Taking its name from the Township of Guysborough, which was named in honour of Sir Guy Carleton, Guysborough County was created when Sydney County was divided in 1836.In 1840, the Township of St. Mary's, in Guysborough...

    .
  • Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry United Counties is a county emerged when Stormont county merged.
  • Stormont County, Ontario
    Stormont County, Ontario
    Stormont County area is a historic county in the Canadian province of Ontario.Stormont was created in 1792, however, it was settled seven years earlier in 1785. Veterans of Loyalist regiments were among the first settlers...

    , a former county in Ontario.


United Kingdom
  • Stormont
    Stormont, Belfast
    Stormont is an electoral ward of Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Irish Gaelic version of Stormont, Stairmhonaidh meaning 'crossing place of the mountains', is borrowed from Scottish Gaelic. Stormont is also the name to a district found in Perthshire in Scotland, leading to the conclusion that the...

    , a suburb and electoral ward of East Belfast, Northern Ireland
    Northern Ireland
    Northern Ireland is a part of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and it is situated in the north-east of the island of Ireland. It shares a border with the Republic of Ireland to the south and west...

    .


United States
  • Stormont, Virginia, a settlement South of Urbanna in Middlesex County, Virginia.

Electoral districts


Canada
  • Stormont (electoral district)
    Stormont (electoral district)
    Stormont was a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1867 to 1882, 1904 to 1917, and 1925 to 1968. It was located in the eastern part of the province of Ontario....

    , a federal electoral district in Ontario.

Other

  • The Stormont Agreement, another name for the Belfast Agreement
    Belfast Agreement
    The Agreement, also known as the Belfast Agreement or the Good Friday Agreement , and occasionally as the Stormont Agreement, was a major political development in the Northern Ireland peace process. It was signed in Belfast on 10 April 1998 by the British and Irish governments and endorsed by...

  • Stormont, another name for the Parliament of Northern Ireland
    Parliament of Northern Ireland
    The Parliament of Northern Ireland was the home rule legislature of Northern Ireland, created under the Government of Ireland Act 1920, which existed from 22 June 1921 to 30 March 1972, when it was suspended...