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Thomas William Saunderson Patton (27 July 1914–20 October 1993), often known as Tommy Patton, was an Ulster unionist politician. Patton grew up in Belfast, where he attended the Templemore Avenue School. He worked at Harland and Wolff for twenty-nine years from 1932, when he moved to the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum. He was elected to Belfast City Council for the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) at the 1973 local election. He retired in 1982, but continued to sit on the council, serving as Lord Mayor of Belfast that year. He was appointed as High Sheriff of Belfast for 1992/3.〔"(PATTON, Thomas William Saunderson )", ''Who Was Who''〕 Patton has been described by journalist Jim McDowell as an example of a "cornerstone of what the unionist working class vote was".〔Sharon Ferguson, "(The fall of the big house of unionism )", ''BBC News'', 10 May 2011〕 Sinn Féin councillor Máirtín Ó Muilleoir notes Patton's malapropisms, giving an example of "the police are no detergent against the IRA".〔Máirtín Ó Muilleoir, ''Belfast's Dome of Delight: City Hall Politics 1981-2000'', p.76〕 A park in east Belfast is named in Patton's memory.〔"(Alderman Tommy Patton Memorial Park )", Belfast City Council〕 ==References== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Thomas Patton」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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