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Sir Josias Cunningham, DL (20 January 1934^[1] – 9 August 2000) was a Northern Irish stock broker, farmer and politician.

Early life

Josias Cunningham, known as "Joe", the grandson of Samuel Cunningham, was born into a family of stock brokers, the family firm being Cunningham Coates. The family also owned The Northern Whig newspaper. He was educated at Fettes College, Edinburgh, where his uncles James Glencairn Cunningham and Dunlop McCosh Cunningham had attended. He then went on to read biological sciences at Clare College, Cambridge, where his uncle and politician Knox Cunningham had also attended.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Career and politics

As well as working in the family firm he farmed 300 acres (1.2 km²) of County Antrim.^[2] In 1991, upon the death of Sir George Clarke, he was elected President of the Ulster Unionist Council and was one of the last remainders of Northern Ireland's moneyed families to remain involved in politics through "The Troubles".^[5] He was a member of the Orange Order^[6] and lived on his farm at Templepatrick, County Antrim.

Death

Sir Josias Cunningham died in a car accident at Carryduff, County Down in 2000,^[3] aged 66. His funeral took place in 1st Donegore Presbyterian Church.^[2] He was married and had four children. The UUP headquarters, Cunningham House, was named in his family's honour, and was dedicated by his widow.^[7]

References

^ Britannica
^ ^a ^b ^c BBC report on death
^ ^a ^b Electric-Review Archived 2007-12-09 at the Wayback Machine
^ Fernhill House History^{[permanent dead link‍]}
^ Obituary, nytimes.com. Accessed 6 January 2023.
^ Obituary, independent.co.uk. Accessed 6 January 2023.
^ The Sunday Life Archived 2007-10-09 at the Wayback Machine

Party political offices
Preceded by George Anthony Clark	President of the Ulster Unionist Party 1990–2000	Succeeded by Martin Smyth

v t e Ulster Unionist Party
Leaders	Saunderson Long Carson Craigavon Andrews Brookeborough O'Neill Chichester-Clark Faulkner West Molyneaux Trimble Empey Elliott Nesbitt Swann Aiken Beattie
Deputy Leaders	McCusker Taylor Empey & Beggs Kennedy McCallister Butler
Chairman	Rogan Cooper Campbell Empey Kennedy
President	Hamilton Craig J. M. Andrews Dixon Brooke Graham J. L. O. Andrews J. G. Cunningham Clark J. Cunningham Smyth Rogan White Steele (honorary)
General Secretary	Gibson Bates Hungerford Douglas Bailie Hutton Millar Wilson Boyd Patterson Rea Corry Wilson C. McCusker
Leadership elections	1969 1971 1974 1979 March 1995 September 1995 2000 2004 2005 2010 2012 2017 2019 2021 2024
Organisational structure	Young Unionists
History and related organisations	Progenitor: Irish Unionist Alliance Allies: Labour Unionists/Liberal Unionist/Conservatives Offshoots: Vanguard (1973–78)/NI21 (2013-16) Electoral alliance: UCUNF (2009)
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