Samuel Fryar

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
PartyUlster Unionist
ProfessionSolicitor

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

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 Inscriptions vol.20, Ulster Historical Foundation, 1989, p.20
  2. ^ a b c d "Northern Ireland House of Commons Election Results: Samual Fryar". 2008. Archived from the original on 9 February 2007. Retrieved 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) Archived 16 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine. 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.

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