Wallace Browne, Baron Browne of Belmont

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“Today, 21 October, a Sinn Féin employee, who works in the assembly, made the party chief whip aware of their involvement in an incident regarding a portrait in Belfast City Hall which took place on Saturday 19 October. The employee was immediately suspended, and we have notified the PSNI today. The employee has now resigned from their employment and their party membership.”

The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is treating damage caused to the portrait as a hate crime. It was painted by artist Zohar Arnon, who grew up in Israel. [14] In a social media post, DUP leader Gavin Robinson said: “We don’t know if the motivation was sectarian bigotry, antisemitism, wanton destruction or a heady mix of the three … but [it’s] a disgrace.” [15] Belfast City Council said it was "assessing the extent of the damage and looking into the circumstances". [16]

Personal life

Before he was elected as a member of the NI Assembly in 2007, Browne was previously a grammar school teacher. Browne was also a long-serving trustee of the Somme Association. Browne, a former pupil of Campbell College, Belfast is a graduate of Queen's University, Belfast graduating in 1970 with a degree in zoology [17]

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  16. "Sinn Féin employee resigns after damage to DUP portrait". BBC News. 21 October 2024. Retrieved 28 October 2024.
  17. "Wallace Browne MLA". 2 March 2009.
The Lord Browne of Belmont
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Official portrait, 2022
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Temporal
Assumed office
24 July 2006
Life peerage
Civic offices
Preceded by
Alan Crowe
High Sheriff of Belfast
2002–2003
Succeeded by
Margaret Clarke
Preceded by Lord Mayor of Belfast
2005–06
Succeeded by
Northern Ireland Assembly
Preceded by MLA for Belfast East
2007–2011
Succeeded by
Orders of precedence in the United Kingdom
Preceded by Gentlemen
Baron Browne of Belmont
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