Josias Cunningham

Sir Josias Cunningham, DL (20 January 1934 – 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.

Career and politics As well as working in the family firm he farmed of County Antrim. He was a member of the Orange Order and lived on his farm at Templepatrick, County Antrim.

Death Sir Josias Cunningham died in a car accident at Carryduff, County Down in 2000,