Original certificate of appointment to His Majesty's Commission, naming a Justice of the Peace for the County of Londonderry. Printed document completed in typescript, featuring manuscript ink signature and the clerical red embossed stamp of the Clerk of the Crown. Single-leaf, watermarked, measuring approximately 33,5 x 21 cm. Minor creasing, otherwise in very good condition, clean and bright. From the brief 75-year existence of the Londonderry County Council, when the town of Coleraine was the seat of the County of Londonderry, completed and signed in the historic Coleraine Courthouse. Issued to a Henry Haslett Davison, Esq. of Owenroe, Dungiven, Northern Ireland, who is being appointed as a Justice of the Peace for the County of Londonderry, this document is signed in the original by A. Newton Anderson, Clerk of the Crown of Northern Ireland. Anderson, who was a recipient of the O.B.E., retained this role until at least 1944. Andrew Newton Anderson OBE (1880-1950) was born in Lurgen, Ireland. He was educated at Campbell College in Belfast. From 1915-1919 he served as a Lieutenant with the Royal Irish Rifles. He later became a Solicitor and Permanent Secretary of the Supreme Court of Judicature, Northern Ireland, subsequently Clerk of the Crown of Northern Ireland. In November 1944, he administered the Oaths for the Right Honourable William Lowry, A.C., M.P., who became His Majesty's Attorney General for Northern Ireland. Londonderry County Council was the authority responsible for local government in County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The Council was formed under orders issued in accordance with the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898 which came into effect on 18 April 1899. Also as a result of the Act, the city of Londonderry, now popularly referred to simply as Derry, was detached from the county for administrative purposes, becoming a separate county borough from 1899. As such, the county town of County Londonderry, and seat of the Londonderry County Council were therefore moved to the town of Coleraine. The Council was originally based at the Coleraine Courthouse, then moved to County Hall in Coleraine in 1970. The Council was abolished in 1973 in accordance with the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972. The Old Coleraine Courthouse, now a Grade B1 listed building, is a former judicial facility on Castlerock Road in Coleraine, County Londonderry, Northern Ireland. The foundation stone was laid by a local magistrate, Charles Knox, on 24 November 1850. Construction was completed in 1852. The building was originally used as a facility for dispensing justice but, following the implementation of the Local Government (Ireland) Act 1898, which established county councils in every county, it also became a meeting place for Londonderry County Council. An extensive programme of renovation works was completed in 1908. In the 1960s, county leaders decided that the courthouse was too cramped to accommodate the county council in the context of the county council's increasing administrative responsibilities, especially while the courthouse was still acting as a facility for dispensing justice, and therefore chose to move to County Hall, conveniently located just to the north of the courthouse in Coleraine, in July 1970.
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