They were, in addition to the chairman himself, the Duke of Abercorn, the Marquis of Londonderry, the Earl of Erne, the Earl of Ranfurly, Colonel James McCalmont, M.P., the Hon.

R.T.

O'Neill, M.P., Mr.G.Wolff, M.P., Mr.J.B.Lonsdale, M.P., and Mr.William Moore, K.C., M.P.

These nominations were confirmed by a ballot of the members of the Council, and twenty other members were elected forthwith to form the Standing Committee.

This first Executive Committee of the organisation which for the next fifteen years directed the policy of Ulster Unionism included several names that were from this time forward among the most prominent in the movement.