Knox Cunningham

Sir Samuel Knox Cunningham, 1st Baronet, QC (3 ga Afrilu 1909 - 29 ga Yulin 1976) ya kasance lauyan Arewacin Ireland, ɗan kasuwa kuma ɗan siyasa. A matsayinsa na dan siyasa na Ulster Unionist a lokacin da Unionists suka kasance wani ɓangare na Jam'iyyar Conservative, ya kuma kasance muhimmiyar mutum a siyasar Burtaniya a matsayin Sakataren Majalisar Harold Macmillan. Dan uwansa shi ne Sir Josias Cunningham .

 Farkon aiki 
Cunningham ya fito ne daga dangin Ulster. Mahaifinsa Samuel Cunningham ne, kuma mahaifiyarsa Janet Muir Knox (née McCosh) na Dalry, Ayrshire . 'Yan uwansa maza sune Colonel James Glencairn Cunningham, Josias Cunningham (mai sayar da kayayyaki), da Dunlop McCosh Cunningham , mai mallakar aikin taba na Murray a Belfast. An tura shi zuwa Royal Belfast Academical Institution, sannan zuwa Kwalejin Fettes a Edinburgh. Daga nan sai ya sami matsayi a Cambridge" id="mwJg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Clare College, Cambridge">Kwalejin Clare, Cambridge - inda ya kasance zakaran dambe mai nauyi. Iyalin suna da sha'awar kasuwanci a ƙasa, taba, kasuwanci da kudi.

Daga 1931 Cunningham ya shiga kasuwanci a Arewacin Ireland. Ya auri Dorothy Enid Riley JP a ranar 2 ga Yulin 1935. Daga baya a cikin shekarun 1930, Cunningham ya yi karatun shari'a kuma an kira shi zuwa Bar ta Haikali na Tsakiya a 1939. A lokacin Yaƙin Duniya na Biyu ya yi aiki a cikin 'yan tsaron Scotland duk da cewa ya ci gaba da karatunsa na shari'a, kuma ya kira shi zuwa Bar a Arewacin Ireland a 1942. Ya yi yaƙi da zaben Belfast West a 1943 da kuma wannan kujerar a Babban zaben 1945.

Bayan yakin Cunningham yafi zama a Orpington, kodayake ya ci gaba da kasancewa memba na Majalisar Ulster Unionist. Bangaskiyarsa ta addini ta kai shi ga shiga cikin Ƙungiyar YMCA" id="mwNw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="YMCA">YMCAs ta Duniya daga 1947, kuma ya kasance Shugaban Majalisar Kasa ta YMCA a 1949. A shekara ta 1954 an zabe shi a Majalisar Gundumar Orpington. Daga baya ya zauna a Derhams House, kusa da Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire . "Cunningham, Sir Samuel Knox". www.dib.ie. Retrieved 26 July 2025.

 Majalisar dokoki 
A cikin Babban zaben 1955, an zabi Cunningham a matsayin sabon Ulster Unionist MP na Kudancin Antrim . Ya kasance wakili a Majalisar Turai da Majalisar Majalisar Tarayyar Turai ta Yamma daga 1956 zuwa 1959. Ya kuma yi aiki a matsayin Sakataren Majalisa na Jocelyn Simon, Sakataren Kudi na Baitulmalin, daga 1958. A shekara ta 1959 an sanya shi mai ba da shawara ga Sarauniya.

Bayan babban zaben shekarar 1959, Firayim Minista Harold Macmillan ya zabi Cunningham a matsayin Sakataren Majalisa mai zaman kansa, wanda ke da alhakin dangantakar Firayim Ministan da 'yan majalisa Masu ra'ayin mazan jiya. Ya kuma kasance memba na Babban Jami'in Kasa na Jam'iyyar Conservative da Unionist . Lokacin da Macmillan ya yi murabus, ya ba Cunningham lambar yabo a cikin girmamawar murabus dinsa.

 Ayyukan bayan majalisa 
Cunningham ya kasance a kan kujerun baya, wanda aka sani da daya a hannun dama na Ulster Unionism kuma aboki na Ian Paisley,  a cikin sauran shekarun 1960, ya yi rikici da Harold Wilson a wannan lokacin, amma ya yanke shawarar yin ritaya a Babban zaben 1970. Ya kasance Jagora na Kamfanin Drapers a 1973-74. Ya kasance Babban Jagora na Lardin Masonic Order a Gloucestershire daga 1970 zuwa 1976. Ya kasance memba na Apprentice Boys Club a Derry kuma ya halarci bikin cika shekaru 275 da rufe ƙofofin. A duk rayuwarsa ya wakilci tsoffin abubuwan da ke cikin Ulster kuma ya kasance mai arziki ta hanyar gadon iyali. Ya mutu ba zato ba tsammani a Derhams House, Minchinhampton a ranar 29 ga Yuli 1976 yana da shekara sittin da bakwai.

Sojojin leken asiri, RUC da wadanda abin ya shafa sunaye Cunningham a matsayin mai lalata da yara kuma sun gano kusanci da zoben masu aikata laifuka na jima'i a Gidan Yara na Kincora, amma MI5 ta musanta wannan.

 Manazarta 

Rukuni:Mutuwan 1976
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1909