James Chichester-Clark

Major The Right Honourable The Lord Moyola PC DL
Chichester-Clark in 1970
5th Prime Minister of Northern Ireland
In office 28 April 1969 – 23 March 1971
Monarch	Elizabeth II
Governor	The Lord Grey of Naunton
Preceded by	Terence O'Neill
Succeeded by	Brian Faulkner
8th Leader of the Ulster Unionist Party
In office 28 April 1969 – 31 March 1971
Preceded by	Terence O'Neill
Succeeded by	Brian Faulkner
Leader of the House of Commons
In office 2 September 1968 – 23 April 1969
Prime Minister	Terence O'Neill
Preceded by	Brian McConnell
Succeeded by	John Dobson
In office 7 October 1966 – 27 September 1967
Prime Minister	Terence O'Neill
Preceded by	Brian Faulkner
Succeeded by	Brian McConnell
Minister of Agriculture
In office 5 May 1967 – 23 April 1969
Prime Minister	Terence O'Neill
Preceded by	Harry West
Succeeded by	Phelim O'Neill
Member of the House of Lords Lord Temporal
In office 20 July 1971 – 17 May 2002 Life Peerage
Member of the Northern Ireland Parliament for South Londonderry
In office 9 July 1960 – 30 March 1972
Preceded by	Dehra Parker
Succeeded by	Office abolished
Personal details
Born	James Dawson Clark (1923-02-12)12 February 1923 Moyola Park, Northern Ireland
Died	17 May 2002(2002-05-17) (aged 79)
Political party	Ulster Unionist Party
Spouse	Moyra Haughton ​ (m. 1959)​
Children	2
Parent(s)	James Lenox-Conyngham Chichester-Clark Marion Chichester
Relatives	Robin Chichester-Clark (brother) Penelope Hobhouse (sister)
Education	Eton College
Alma mater	Sandhurst
Military service
Allegiance	United Kingdom
Branch/service	British Army
Years of service	1942–1960
Rank	Major
Unit	Irish Guards
Battles/wars	World War II

James Dawson Chichester-Clark, Baron Moyola, PC, DL (12 February 1923 – 17 May 2002) was the penultimate Prime Minister of Northern Ireland and eighth leader of the Ulster Unionist Party between 1969 and March 1971. He was Member of the Northern Ireland Parliament for South Londonderry for 12 years, beginning at the by-election to replace his grandmother, Dame Dehra Parker in 1960. He stopped being an MP when the Stormont Parliament was suspended and subsequently abolished with the introduction of Direct Rule by the British Government.

Chichester-Clark's election as UUP leader resulted from the sudden resignation of Terence O'Neill after the ambiguous result of the preceding general election. His term in office was dominated by both internal unionist struggles, seeing the political emergence of Ian Paisley from the right and Alliance Party of Northern Ireland from the left, and an emergent Irish nationalist resurgence. In March 1971, with his health suffering under the strain of the growing political strife, he resigned, having failed to secure extra military resources from the British Government.