Stephen Quin
Irish merchant and public official
About Stephen Quin
Lived 1860 – 1944 (aged 83–84).
Sir Stephen Byrne Quin (26 December 1860 – May 1944) was an Irish wine merchant and public official in Limerick.
Biography Quin was born in Limerick, the son of John Quin (born 1813), the founder of John Quin & Co. wine merchants. Quin was raised as a Roman Catholic and educated at Ushaw College, Durham. He later inherited his father's business and became the company director.
By 1891, he had become a justice of the peace in Limerick. He served two terms as High Sheriff of Limerick City in 1897 and 1898. He was recorded as the only unionist elected to the Limerick Corporation in 1914. Between 1916 and 1918, he served as Mayor of Limerick.
Quin moved to England during the Irish War of Independence, purchasing a house at Swinley Forest in South Ascot.
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Irish merchant and public official
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Stephen Quin was born on 26 December 1860.
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Stephen Quin died in 1944.
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