| 词条 | 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 were the politicians James Glencairn Cunningham and Sir Knox Cunningham, the stockbroker Sir Josias Cunningham, and Dunlop McCosh Cunningham, who succeeded him at Murrays. Footnotes1. ^History of Fernhill House {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100403040620/http://www.fernhillhouse.co.uk/history/default.asp?cms=history_John+Smith+and+The+Cunninghams&cmsid=1_11&id=11&viewtype=Category |date=3 April 2010 }} 2. ^{{London Gazette |issue=31712 |date=30 December 1919 |page=2 |supp=y}} References
18 : 1862 births|1946 deaths|Politicians from Belfast|People educated at Merchiston Castle School|Members of the Privy Council of Ireland|Members of the Privy Council of Northern Ireland|Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1921–25|Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1925–29|Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1929–33|Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1933–37|Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1937–41|Members of the Senate of Northern Ireland 1941–45|Businesspeople from Belfast|Independent politicians in Northern Ireland|People educated at the Belfast Royal Academy|British stockbrokers|Ulster Unionist Party members of the Senate of Northern Ireland|Independent members of the Senate of Northern Ireland |
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