Glenn Barr

Glenn Barr
Born
Albert Glenn Barr

(1942-03-19)19 March 1942
Died24 October 2017(2017-10-24) (aged 75)
Derry, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
Years active1969–2017
OrganizationUlster Workers' Council
Known forPolitician, loyalist activist, community worker
Notable workBeyond the Religious Divide (co-author)
TitleJoint Deputy Leader of the Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Term1975–1978
PredecessorErnest Baird
Successornone
Political partyVanguard Unionist Progressive Party
Military career
AllegianceUlster Defence Association
Years of service1971–1975
RankBrigadier
Commands heldNorth-West Brigade
ConflictThe Troubles

Albert Glenn Barr OBE[1] (19 March 1942 – 24 October 2017) was a politician from Derry, Northern Ireland, who was an advocate of Ulster nationalism. For a time during the 1970s he straddled both Unionism and Loyalism due to simultaneously holding important positions in the Vanguard Unionist Progressive Party and the Ulster Defence Association.

  1. ^ "Birthday 2005 Honours List". Archived from the original on 17 February 2010. Retrieved 31 January 2008.

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