Samuel Cunningham

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Samuel Cunningham PC (Ire) (14 October 1862 – 23 August 1946) was a businessman, stockbroker and politician from Northern Ireland.

Cunningham was born at Fernhill House,^[1] Glencairn, Belfast, and educated at Belfast Academy and at Merchiston Castle School, Edinburgh. He became a stockbroker with his father, Josias's, firm in Belfast, but also acquired business interests, becoming chairman of The Northern Whig newspaper and the tobacco firm Murray Sons & Co Ltd.

Cunningham was appointed to the Privy Council of Ireland in the 1920 New Year Honours following his membership of the Housing Committee on Finance,^[2] entitling him to the style "The Right Honourable". He was elected to the Senate of the Parliament of Northern Ireland on its formation in 1921 and served until 1945.

His sons included the politicians James Glencairn Cunningham and Knox Cunningham, the stockbroker Sir Josias Cunningham, and Dunlop McCosh Cunningham, who succeeded him at Murrays.

Footnotes

↑ History of Fernhill House
↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 31712. p. 2. 30 December 1919.

References

Obituary, The Times, 24 August 1946

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Name	Cunningham, Samuel
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Short description	British politician
Date of birth	14 October 1862
Place of birth
Date of death	23 August 1946
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