Cunningham, Samuel
Dates
- Existence: 1862 - 1946
Biographical Note
Samuel Cunningham (1862-1946) was a stockbroker, a chairman of the newspaper the Northern Whig, and a member of the Privy Council in Ireland; of the Ulster Unionist Council; and of the Senate of the Parliament of Northern Ireland.
Found in 1 Collection or Record:
Samuel Cunningham scrapbook
Scrapbook consists of annotated clippings from the Northern Whig, a paper in Belfast of which Samuel Cunningham was chairman for a time. The clippings in this volume are by pseudonymous authors including “Asmodeus,” ‘Merlin, and “Old Fogey,” possibly Cunningham himself. Topics discussed range from Home Rule, World War I, the Titanic, suffragists, elections, unions, Churchill, and the political situation in Ulster, to coupons, waiters, and margarine.
Scrapbook is open for research. Materials are fragile; please use with care.