Samuel Fryar

Samuel Fryar (4 February 1863 – 4 October 1938) was an Irish solicitor, councillor and politician from Northern Ireland.

Samuel Fryar
In office
1933–1938
ConstituencyWest Down
Personal details
Born(1863-02-04)4 February 1863
Banbridge, County Down, Ireland
Died4 October 1938(1938-10-04) (aged 75)
Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland
NationalityBritish
Political partyUlster Unionist
ProfessionSolicitor

Samuel Fryar was born on 4 February 1863 at Banbridge, County Down in Ireland, to parents James Fryar and his wife Jane née Hamilton.[1] He was educated at Banbridge Academy and Queen’s College, Galway, as a solicitor.[2] He married Letitia Elizabeth Card née Sterling in 1893 and together they had two children.[3]

In 1887, Fryar went into partnership with John Fawcett Gordon and opened a legal firm on Bridge Street called, Fryar and Gordon Solicitors.[4] The firm operated under that name for nearly 100 years.[5]

Fryar was a member of the Banbridge Urban District Council from 1894 to 1938. He was also a Solicitor to Banbridge Board of Guardians, Banbridge Rural District Council, and Tandragee Rural District Council. This included four years as Chairman of Banbridge Urban District Council.[2]

In 1933, Fryar, an Ulster Unionist member sat for the general election of 1933 and defeated the Independent Unionist representative, James Finnery.[6][7] Fryar remained a Member of Parliament until the general election of 1938, when he retired.[2] Fryar died shortly after his retirement; on 4 October 1938, aged 75.[2] His son, William Leonard Fryar, was awarded the British Victory Medal and the British War Medal for service during World War I.[8]

References

  1. Clarke, R.S.J. (ed.) (1989), The Heart of Downe: Gravestone OInscriptions vol.20, Ulster Historical Foundation, 1989, p.20
  2. Northern Ireland House of Commons Election Results (2008). Samuel Fryar. Retrieved on 28 December 2008.
  3. The National Archives of Ireland. Residents of a house 86 in Scarva Street (West Urban (Banbridge), Down). Retrieved 2015-11-06.
  4. Trevor McBurney & Co. The Practice Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
  5. McBurney and Co. Solicitors (2008). The People. Retrieved on 28 December 2008.
  6. Northern Ireland Parliamentary Results (2008). Down: West Down (41). Retrieved on 3 January 2009.
  7. Champion, Clare (2003). Irish Identity: When Dev stood for Stormont Archived 19 December 2008 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 28 December 2008.
  8. Northern Bank - War Memorials / Roll of Honour. Retrieved 2015-11-06.
Parliament of Northern Ireland
Preceded by
Robert McBride
Member of Parliament for West Down
1933–1938
Succeeded by
John Edgar Bailey
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